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From: mark@lakesys.UUCP (Mark Storin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari 1040ST availability
Message-ID: <426@lakesys.UUCP>
Date: 3 Feb 88 06:36:41 GMT
References: <424@lakesys.UUCP> <53@lzaz.ATT.COM>
Reply-To: mark@lakesys.UUCP (Mark Storin)
Organization: Lake Systems, Milwaukee, WI
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In article <53@lzaz.ATT.COM> bds@lzaz.ATT.COM (BRUCE SZABLAK) writes:
>In article <424@lakesys.UUCP>, joe@lakesys.UUCP (Joe Pantuso) writes:
>> I intended to order an Atari 1040 ST color system today.  I have been
>> slavishly saving my money for months and months now...
>
>A suggestion: Buy a 520 and use the left over cash to buy the software
>that will make your box more than an expensive paper weight. You HAVE
>priced the software your going to need?

	I tend to disagree with this statement.  Mainly because the 520 now
sports an internal single sided drive.  This makes it much more difficult to
upgrade to double sided drives.  The old 520's had external drives.  Much
easier to upgrade.

	It also makes more sense to go with a full meg right away.  Soon
applications will be expecting a meg (what with the Mega's being out).  Why go
thru the extra hassle of doing a memory upgrade (which I believe he would want
to do right away if he got a 520).

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