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From: ramsiri@blake.u.washington.edu (Enartloc Nhoj)
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Subject: Re: TT disk, memory upgrades (was Re: TT sales)
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Date: 1 Feb 91 06:06:09 GMT
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In article <22475@netcom.UUCP> seitz@netcom.UUCP (Matthew Seitz) writes:
>
>Bob was a little harsh (as usual), but he does raise a valid point.  Why
>did Atari require a daughterboard?  I'm sensitive to this having just paid
>$275 to upgrade my ST from 1Mb to 2Mb.  Of this, only $50 was for the
>extra RAM.  $175 was for a daughterboard (including installation) and
>$50 to replace the 1Mb of RAM that had to be deactivated on the motherboard.
>Why do I have to play the daughterboard game again with the TT?
>-- 
>					Matthew Seitz

You don't HAVE to play the "game"... You don't HAVE to buy
a TT.  

Do what I am going to do:  buy the Gadgets 33Mhz 68030 that 
COMES WITH the co-processor and 8 FREE simm slots.

I was seriously thinking I was going to buy the TT as soon as
it comes out.. within the next 5 or so years, in other words.

But, I would rather support David Small who seems EXTREMELY 
interested in supporting his customers and providing them
with a variety of options.  He's even open to suggestions!
He actually "listens" to what people want and are willing
to buy.

But we shouldn't jump to conclusions prematurely: the TT
is not on the shelves, so WE really don't know what options
we will have.  I don't think ATARI knows what they're going
to give us either, to wit Allen's recent comment that he
didn't "know if it were true or not" that one could buy
a diskless TT.  He did emphasize that you MUST buy a 
daughter board for memory from ATARI, in other words,
your TT doesn't come with empty simm slots.

I think we know that much.

Someone correct me if I am wrong, please.

kevin
ramsiri@blake.acs.washington.edu