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From: tw@cscosl.ncsu.edu (Thomas Wolf)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: WARNING ! Atari ST owners look away now....
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Date: 10 Mar 88 16:18:45 GMT
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In article <8803100259.AA03230@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:

<some deleted stuff>

>>Yet, in the same machine, we have a midi interface.  Those who are interested
>>in good sounding music can add a synthesizer and persue a professional career.
>>If this is cost cutting, how come no other machine comes with one built-in?
>
>	Oh please, isn't this a bit old?  Any idiot knows that all you need
>for midi is a serial port, a simple serial->midi adaptor (extremely cheap),
>and good software.  If I really wanted to, I could hook one up to my 
>low-speed digital logic probe (6502 @ 2.4Mhz, can transmit and receive on
>two 76.8KBaud lines simultaniously at full speed without interruption. 
>--slow-- MIDI is *simple*).

Well, that's was just the point wasn't it?  On the ST you don't have to do
all this!  And besides, since you're talking about re-hashing "old news":
	ISN'T THAT what you're doing?

< Lot's of deleted OLD news >

I don't mean to perpetuate this seemingly endless Atari/Commodore War.  As
a matter of fact, I don't think there are many people in this news-group
who would.  But why do Amiga owners insist on cross-posting their
"insulting" (for lack of a better word) messages?  I don't mind hearing a
bit of CONSTRUCTIVE criticism every now and then, but that's definitely not
the sort that has been arriving lately.  If you can only repeat criticisms
that have been "fought over" in previous 'scrimmages', why don't you keep 
them local to your news-group?  I'm sure your fellow readers will love you 
for it!


Please don't bother responding to this "flame" with yet another.  I plan
to just skip this message subject in the future.


Tom Wolf
ARPA (I think): tw@cscosl.ncsu.edu
           or wolf@csclea.ncsu.edu