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From: brett@visix.com (Brett Bourbin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: ATARI HISTORY
Message-ID: <1991May2.164126.17915@visix.com>
Date: 2 May 91 16:41:26 GMT
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In article <91121.170707AKH104@psuvm.psu.edu>, AKH104@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>   To set this all straight, since I am tired of seeing replies to this subject.

Me too.

> ...First off the 400 is 16k upgradeable to 48k.  Its borther the 800 is 32k up
> to 48k.

No, the 800 was shipped with 16k and could be expanded to 48k (from Atari) and 
more from 3rd party vendors.

> 32 bit machines....just released the Atari TT/30 (?)  This is the BEST piece
> of hardware available to any user of any system at this time (1991!)

Oh, I am sorry, I try to stay out of any "my-computer-is-better-than-yours"
flame wars, but I can't let this go by.  What was the criteria you used to 
come up with this statement?  I own a 32-bit machine (68030) and IMHO it
outperforms all the Atari ST/TT computers.  Does this make my system better?
Does price have anything to do with it?  If not, then my SPARCstation wins
hands down.  Is it available software?  Is it the quality of the software
releases?  Is it how expandable the system is?  Is it... you get the point.

Statements like the one made above hold no weight with explaining WHY one
system "is the BEST piece of hardware" since sliced bread.

Back to this group, the Atari 8-bit series was the best hardware platform
for it's time because of all the above reason I stated above, (IMHO).  8^)

> Thats it any questions?

No, but thanks for the look back on the 8-bit line.
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