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From: braner@batcomputer.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: hardware 'upgrades'
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Date: Thu, 12-Mar-87 01:49:46 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 12 01:49:46 1987
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> ... have you ever thought of what you would *do* with 4 megs?

- I could run a multi-tasking shell.  The main advantage of that is that
I will get to type in a _password_ when logging in to my _personal_computer_!

	(ARGHHH!!!)

(Alternatively, I might spend the $250 on a used 520ST to run the long
number-crunching programs on while I edit/compile on my main ST...)
(Has anybody developed a method to run one ST as a 'slave' from another?
The MIDI ports seem ideal for that, and ideally the slave ST would not
need a disk drive nor a monitor (for text-only output).)

Seriously now: 1 meg is just right for me now, but I'm _sure_ 4 megs would
be useful!  4 megs of _protected_ RAM would be even better! (an external,
protected, _huge_ RAMdisk with it's own power and bootable...)

- Moshe Braner