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From: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: BYTE's review of the 1040ST
Message-ID: <849@ubc-cs.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Feb-87 14:22:00 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 17 14:22:00 1987
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Reply-To: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP (Vincent Manis)
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Getting back to the original remark about the review (and away from the
ST/Amiga schism), I too was rather disappointed with the review. My
disappointment stems not from what was said, but what was not said. For
one thing, there was almost no discussion of software development tools.
Given BYTE's audience, and given the fact that anyone who only wants
application software will more likely buy a PClone or a Mac, one would
expect that some discussion of what kind of programming environment the
machine can offer is appropriate.

It would also have been useful to include some comparisons of GEM on the ST
and GEM on the PC. 

Fundamentally, the review did not give a typical BYTE reader an answer as to
whether the machine was worth buying, and, if so, what its real strengths
(and weaknesses) are.