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From: Patrick_Devine@resbbs.UUCP (Patrick Devine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari Mortis
Message-ID: <Patrick_Devine.3536@resbbs.UUCP>
Date: 20 May 91 10:33:15 GMT
Organization: Resonance - British Columbia, Canada
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     While it is said that IBM is an MS-DOS computer, it is not actually
true. The majority of IBM/IBM compatible users DO use MS-DOS, but that isn't
to say the machine is bound to the limitations of an outdated piece of
software being pushed well beyond its limitations.

     Nay, an IBM can service under many different Operating Systems, infact,
I wouldn't even consider using my IBM to run MS-DOS, what's the point?

     Now, I do love my Atari, don't get me wrong, bnt it also has a number of
visable faults which irritate me.  For instance, the TOS chips aren't as
accesible as they should be.  The 3.5" 720k floppy doesn't have is much
storage as it should.  It doesn't multitask (this is a biggy) and it doesn't
have the dazzle of the hi-res sprites/colours of an Amiga.
 
     Unless Atari fixes up the new STE's, turns it into a cheap, affordable
and POWERFUL machine, the company is going nowhere.  The TT's and the Mega
STE's are a step in the right direction, but price still detracts buyers and
sends them the IBM way.  The consequences to Atari should be crystal clear. 
Power without the price.  Live up to the motto and support your machines.
 

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