Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!outbound!patrick_meloy From: patrick_meloy@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca (Patrick Meloy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ATARI's current line(Is there a Mega1 Ste?) Message-ID: Date: 12 Mar 91 04:36:02 GMT Organization: Outbound Communications Lines: 27 >Can someone explain, for the non-technical dummies like me, what the features >of the TT are, in contrast to a MegaStE (and vice versa)? >I don't need ultra high speed. I do need to be able to use all the software >I have for my old 1040ST (UK, 1986 TOS1.0 vintage). I would like at >least 2meg, and to include a PC emulator, such as AT-once, and be able to >access 2meg in PC mode. (So that I can run Smalltalk-V-286 - not Little >Smtk). >But please don't baffle me with electronic science! Well, there are a couple of things that might influence your choice between the two machines. 1> The TT directly supports the 19 inch mono monitor, the MegaSTE does not. 2> The TT can support up to (I think) 26 MB of ram, the Mega STE 4MB 3> The STE series is more 'compatible' with the pre-'E' software than the TT For the average user points 1 and 2 mean very little, point #3 is very important. Remember, the BEST machine is the one that best suits your needs. Not everyone is required to own THE FASTEST machine (Only IBM'ers think that way :) From the sounds of it, you'd do more than fine with the MegaSTE --------------------------------------- | patrick_meloy@outbound.wimsey.bc.ca | | 'The Outbound' BBS Vancouver BC | ---------------------------------------