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From: page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari ST or Amiga ?  Help !
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Date: Thu, 19-Nov-87 12:11:49 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 19 12:11:49 1987
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mfs@edison.GE.COM (Martin Sant) wrote:
>I have been looking at both the Atari ST and Amiga. ...
>I will be using the computer for MIDI stuff ...

I'd say it doesn't matter; you'll be happy with either.  I use my
machine for MIDI applications; after having it for two years a very
good friend of mine went out and bought the other system you
mentioned, and he's happy with his purchase.

Computers owners can get pretty huffy when they try to defend their
purchases (as I suppose synth owners can too); so ignore any specific
machine bashing; pick up a few magazines on each machine, see what
kind of support each one seems to be getting (musically), look at the
music software packages out for the machines, look at the prices you
can get (visit some dealers, but don't let them tell you the BAD
things about the other machine, just the GOOD things about theirs ...
they often don't know the facts about the other machines).

Then make a purchase, or don't.  But I personally don't think you'll
lose no matter which machine you buy.  They are both very capable
machines for synthesis and MIDI control.

..Bob
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Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept.   page@ulowell.{uucp,edu,csnet}