Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!mks.com!ant
From: ant@mks.com (Anthony Howe)
Subject: Re: David Small versus Atari
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 91 15:08:12 GMT
Message-ID: <1991Feb28.150812.26459@mks.com>
Organization: Mortice Kern Systems, Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA
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References: <3658@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>

In article <3658@gmuvax2.gmu.edu> scoile@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Steve Coile) writes:

>And just think of the marketing ideas:  "Get BIG power...with a Small
>computer."  "It may be Small, but there's a lot inside!"  What a trip!
>
>Dave!!  Listen up!  You've GOT a market all to yourself here!  I want to
>stay with the spirit of Atari (Commodore?  BLECH!  NEVER!  PC-clone?
>Naww..to standard.  Mac-why, when I could have an Atari/Small which can
>all that and more?).  Whaddaya say people?  Would Dave have a market?
>*I'd* buy a Small over a comarable Atari any day!

Interesting idea.  I like it.  Hit two markets with one computer (ST, Mac).
Get all the nice goodies that should have benn there in the first place.
Put in a nice box WITH a HD (not the gross looking TT/STe style case either).
Something plain and simple.  Who knows, maybe Small might be NeXT too.

- ant

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