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From: plp@houdi.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: updating 520ST
Message-ID: <1405@houdi.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 10:29:19 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  4 10:29:19 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Nov-87 17:41:10 EST
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel
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I have an early (summer '85) 520 ST (SN# A1 1020292) with a single-sided floppy
drive and TOS on disk not in ROM. The only software I have (besides BASIC and LOGO)
is 1st Word of about the same vintage (I'd like to update that too, but I didn't
get it through a dealer). 
SO,
Does it make sense for me to upgrade my system (which I intend to use mostly for
word processing, UNIX terminal, and maybe a little (monochrome) drawing)? 
How much will it cost to get TOS/GEM in ROMs and does anyone know of trustworthy
dealers in the Monmouth Country NJ area?
I've seen a fair amount of anxiety about the future of Atari expressed in this
group so I'm wondering whether it makes sense to put any more money into the
system I have or chalk it up to experience and go buy a PC-clone.