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Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga,net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: ST enthusiasts
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Date: Sat, 14-Dec-85 15:17:15 EST
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> Ok all you 520st enthusiasts, its time to stop dreaming.  The atari
> st is an incredible low end home computer.  But it is NOT an Amiga.
> Sure, with some very difficult assembly language code (counting cycles!
> egad!) - you can copy the bouncing ball, but if anyone seriously thinks 
> a ST can match up to the Amiga, they are crazy.  
> 
> I don't own either machine, and probably never will, however I have
> researched both.  Both have merits of their own, but they are two
> completely different machines.  The Amiga is a better computer, flat
> out, and it also costs twice as much.  Which is better for the money?
> I don't know, but I am tired of hearing atari salesmen, and atari
> owners, blabbing that the ST is "the same thing as an Amiga".  That
> quote came directly from an atari salesman.  
> 
> I am not about to list features, but if this letter makes you red, grab
> the specs for both machines and see for yourself.  No comparison.


      Oh, come off it!! Your message before this totally destroys
      your credibility.  You sell Amigas - therefore you are 
      biased in its favor.  The ST is a great machine for the price;
      the Amiga is a great machine, but I can't afford 1795 to get
      one.  Come down off your high horse and go use an ST - it is
      a great machine, with a great price!!!

					 V.J. Murphy
					 B.K. Thaeler