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From: moses@hao.ucar.edu (Julie Moses)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: In the mean time, NO MAC ROMS
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Date: 17 Feb 91 05:55:42 GMT
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Reply-To: moses@hao.ucar.edu (Julie Moses)
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>    I really don't think so.  First of all the implementation is
>not really ST accessible.  Mainly because as so many other people
>have pointed out it uses the Motif/X Release 4 interface which is
>so large that you people would need 4 megs for just a good (complete)
>implementation.   And a 8Mhz 68000 running X is something I don't
>want to think about using.

>      Spectre GCR 299 + MAC ROMs 273 = ~600, another hundred I could get
>a Mac Classic at dealer cost.  And from what I here 273 is an excellent
>price for the ROMS.

Lets put some things aside:

1) I am as religious about my car, my favorite TV show and my Atari
   ST as is the next person.
2) Disregarding that GBS has taken customers away from ST software
   producers(granted there's not much), they do support their product
   well.
3) Their product is well designed, reliable, very compatible.

Lets see Gadgets offer one small favor to their potential customers -
two or three MAC ROM suppliers that they know have had the chips
in stock within the week. Right now people are suggesting this source
or that, stating that yes I bought some there 5 months ago. The
problem of finding MAC ROM chips is hitting the fan.

For a few hundred more bucks, a complete MAC system is looking very
appealing compared to buying a Spectre GCR for which one has to buy
MAC ROM chips at between $200-$300 a set. A blank ROM chip is  $3,
right? But first things first, give me a supplier so that choosing
between a Spectre GCR and a MAC is within the realm of possibilities!

Julie Moses