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From: msicv01@ms3.UUCP (Jay G. Heiser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: MS-DOS on Atari
Message-ID: <751@ms3.UUCP>
Date: 3 Mar 88 15:27:33 GMT
References: <8802272056.AA17963@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Automation Management Consultants, Inc., Arl. VA
Lines: 19
Summary: Not what I heard

In article <8802272056.AA17963@crash.cts.com>, dale@pro-colony.UUCP (System Operator) writes:
> Recently someone asked why there is an MS-DOS emulator for the Atari for under
> $100.00.  From what I gather from one of my users, the MS-DOS product for the
> Atari requires a CP/M board first then the MS-DOS board.  And it is Atari
> MS-DOS. The disks are not compatible with the IBM (or clones) it is a special
> Atari disk format.  The same goes for their CP/M.  It is Atari CP/M.

Don't know about CP/M, but the program, PC-Ditto, runs on a factory-stock
Atari ST and reads standard 3.5" MS-DOS diskettes.  It is about 80-90%
slower than a PC, but the price is right.

I would like to have a //GS, but the Ataris look awful nice.  Also available
for the ST is the Magic Sac, a hard & software product that allows it to
emulate a Mac -- and is faster than a Mac.  It can't read Mac diskettes yet,
but that capability is promised for the near future.

Just over $1000 buys a 1 Meg Atari with a drive & color monitor.  How can
the //GS (or the //e) compete with that.

I'd rather stick with Apple, but would Apple rather stick with us?