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From: doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Re: Toy Computers
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Date: Thu, 16-Jan-86 13:42:15 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 16 13:42:15 1986
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>      A serious concern -- that selling the ST in toy stores at
> toy store prices will lead to the overwhelming preponderance of
> ST software being toy software -- is trivialized by suggesting
> that anybody who dares to have such concerns must be in a mental
> hospital.

Why should anyone get upset over the "toy computer" name?  Let's be
honest here:  both the Amiga and the 520 ST are toy computers, as
are virtually all "home" (as opposed to "office") computers.  I
don't mean that they have minimal capabilities, I mean that they
will be used for personal amusement.

Whether that amusement is in playing games or in hacking, I don't think
there's a difference.  The computer is being used as a plaything.
-- 
Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {hardy,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug