Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!att!bellcore!backyard!dja1 From: dja1@backyard.picst.bellcore.com (Dave Arlington) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: Reviving the 8 bits Message-ID: <1991Jun24.180315.14541@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 24 Jun 91 18:03:15 GMT References: <1991Jun21.210950.3112@news.iastate.edu> <1991Jun23.011143.1864@casbah.acns.nwu.edu> Sender: usenet@bellcore.bellcore.com (Poster of News) Reply-To: dja1@backyard.picst.bellcore.com (Dave Arlington) Organization: Bell Communications Research Lines: 14 You know, when people talk about support for the 8-bits or reviving them or making them exciting again, I always wonder what the fuss is about. Sure, their time has passed and no new software is being released. But it is also true that now you can get thousands and thousands of programs and usually at discount prices these days. I personally have more programs for my 8-bit than I could ever hope to use fully in my lifetime. So, really, I could care less if I was the last Atari 8-bit user on the planet as long as I still get good use out of it. And I do. So either you find it exciting and use it or you don't. I don't feel the need to justify my owning and using an Atari 8-bit to anyone, most especially myself. Dave Arlington