Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!tahoe!jimi!arrakis!alfter From: alfter@nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Once again, questions concerning the ensoniq chip... Message-ID: <1991Apr29.210151.25463@nevada.edu> Date: 29 Apr 91 21:01:51 GMT References: <5069.281c1c71@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Sender: news@nevada.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Nevada, System Computing Services Lines: 22 In article <5069.281c1c71@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) writes: >(\ /) > |A|nd the new Atari STe's (and TT's) , which are capable of playing CD >(/ \) quality sound in STEREO!!! (and with now other hardware!) Yeah, but where's all the software? Hell, even the Apple II is a more prominent name in the modern computing scene than the ST. At least the II has a past (and some future) and the IBM clones and (ugh) Macs have a future. You're stuck with neither if you have an ST. Besides, the ST's graphics aren't all that impressive--only 512 colors? Even the IIGS does better! (You probably wouldn't have a 3200-color mode even if you did have the 4K colors, either.) Processors? Atari is still toying with the 68000 when Apple and Commodore have moved to the 68030. Expandability? Where are the slots? Slots have kept the Apple II alive for 14 years! I don't think the Atari ST is an option for serious computer users. Scott Alfter-----------------------------_/_---------------------------- Call the Skunk Works BBS (702) 896-2676 / v \ 6 PM-6 AM 300/1200/2400 Internet: alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu ( ( Apple II: GEnie: S.ALFTER \_^_/ the power to be your best!