Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!casbah.acns.nwu.edu!glover From: glover@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Eric Glover) Subject: Re: Reviving the 8 bits Message-ID: <1991Jun23.011143.1864@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Organization: Northwestern University References: <1991Jun21.210950.3112@news.iastate.edu> Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1991 01:11:43 GMT Lines: 16 I think that the 8 bits can be brought back to a point of viability but not much more. Nintendo showed that their can still be a workable 8 bit market. But, you know technology is on your back when dedicated game machines are 16 bit. I dont own an ST yet, And dont know if I ever will now that Ive been saddled with an IBM compat and the IBM compat market is really just starting to exploit the capability of these marvelous 16\32 bit machines. I worshiped by 8bit Atari and would trade my 386 in an instant for the days of Ataris. I hope Atari gets their marketing together and storms the home market again. Glover