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From: sansom@trwrb.UUCP (Richard Sansom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.m68k,comp.sys.misc
Subject: Re: Re: Mac vs. Amiga
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Date: Thu, 22-Jan-87 11:41:08 EST
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Posted: Thu Jan 22 11:41:08 1987
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In article <1270@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:
>> "Don't be silly!"
>"Don't be ignorant!"
>> Get an Atari ST! Like 1/2 the price of the amiga 
>More like 3/4 or more of the price, depending on configurations.
           ^^^
O.k., I know of several places that offer a 520 ST (monochrome, 512K, 1
drive) for ~$500.  That sounds closer to 1/3 the price of the Amiga's
$1500 (color monitor, 512K, 1 drive).  And I've never heard of a single
monochrome-ST owner trying to find a replacement for their original
monitor.

>> and essentially the same features. 
>Get a clue, pal...
>> OK, the amiga has a little better graphics
>ya, like 640x400x4 vs 640x400x1, etc.  MUCH better, not a little better.
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Purely subjective.  The Amiga can display more colors then the ST - if
you need more color, get an Amiga.  However, I've yet to see a _single_
program on the Amiga which could not be done on the ST (I stress single
because of the next bit...).

>> but then the ST has a better OS..... 
>Technically, the Atari doesn't even HAVE an OS.  A DOS, maybe, and a
>set of BIOS calls, certainly, but no OS....
>...The Amiga IS the only computer in this price range that has a
>real OS....

Agreed.  The ST's OS leaves alot to be desired.  Atari should spend
more time writing a real OS for the ST than coming out with new
computer lines.  In my opinion, the Amiga's only real advantage over
the ST is in it's ability to run muliple tasks.  Even though there are
ways to multitask on the ST (MTC-shell, OS/9, FORTH, etc), it would've
been nice if Atari had taken care of this for us.

Sorry to contribute to this silly discussion, but you knew someone was
going to rebut that last article.  How did this latest bout of Amiga v.s. 
ST get started anyway?

-Rich

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