Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!boulder!horton.Colorado.EDU!chuj From: chuj@horton.Colorado.EDU (CHU JEFFREY) Subject: Re: Atari-To-Amiga Convert Info Source! Message-ID: <1991Jun24.172215.816@colorado.edu> Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet) Nntp-Posting-Host: horton.colorado.edu Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder References: <9106231954.AA23332@cwns2.INS.CWRU.Edu> <1991Jun24.110408.29984@Sugar.NeoSoft.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 17:22:15 GMT Lines: 38 In article <1991Jun24.110408.29984@Sugar.NeoSoft.com> peter@Sugar.NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article scott@cs.odu.edu (Scott D. Yelich) writes: > >> MY atari does what I need it to do. > >You're satisfied, but have you used a real computer? > What do you define as a REAL COMPUTER? As an ex-AMIGA user, I only knew the AMIGA as more of a game machine than a serious business machine, the ST was known for the business applications. For me the ATARI systems are more of a real machine than any AMIGA systems. >I've been there. I borrowed an IBM clone for a while, then an Atari ST. It's >called shopping around. The productivity improvement from reliable, efficient, >and responsive multitasking is amazing. > >There really is a basic, fundamental difference between the Amiga and the rest. >Your arguments make good sense when comparing Ataris and Mac and IBMs, but >there *is* something better. > I wonder how far have you gone in comparing AMIGA machines to others, AMIGA Fusion Forty Accelerator board is worse than a 486-25 Performance. AMIGA flickers quite alot, NTSC standard VGA cards are available to IBM with non-flicker options. >And *you* don't have to wait 6 years to find it, like I did. >-- >Peter da Silva. `-_-' . > 'U` "Have you hugged your wolf today?" Jeff