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From: ravi@mcnc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: mac sac - magic sac - mac bongo
Message-ID: <1993@alvin.mcnc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 29-Jan-87 02:55:49 EST
Article-I.D.: alvin.1993
Posted: Thu Jan 29 02:55:49 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 31-Jan-87 06:38:51 EST
References: <8701270057.AA00189@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <2138@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: ravi@alvin.UUCP (Ravi Subrahmanyan)
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In article <2138@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> braner@batcomputer.UUCP (braner) writes:
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>Why WOULD one want the magic sac?  [etc.]
> ...........  Some of it [mac software] is very good.  

	That's exactly it.. there are many, many _very_ useful tools
available for the Mac that are simply not there for the ST (yet).  I
just finished polishing off 11 fairly complex figures and plots (for a
presentation) that would have taken me weeks to do by hand.   I could
not have done that with my ST, (or with any other PC for that matter,
as far as I know.)  With the Sac, one can start something on the Mac at
work, and if one then feels like carrying on at night, dial up
and d/l the relevant files and carry on.  Also, goodies like dumping
to laser printers, etc. are not yet available for the ST.

	This is not a flame, I agree entirely with Moshe that good
stuff should be ported to the ST.  However, the Sac is very useful,
and I feel users would like to see it discussed here along with other
ST products.

							-ravi

ps: wouldn't a lawyer be proud of that one? <-)