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From: rjung@sal22.usc.edu (Robert Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Rumblings
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Date: 31 Mar 88 20:16:42 GMT
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In article <36500044@iuvax> franco@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu writes:
>Now, I realize that I am supposed to be joining the bandwagon to stomp on 
>Atari

  Who sez? Don't let these ST-grinches spoil your enjoyment of the machine.


> but there is some force from within that prevents me from doing this.
>Even after over 2 years of ownership, I still find the ST exciting both as
>an educational tool and a medium for doing useful work.  If I needed a
>small computer (not talking about a workstation) this minute I would be 
>compelled to choose the Atari ST or MEGA.
>
>I don't know.  Maybe I'm just different.

  No, you're just an optimist, like me. I get depressed reading this net
from time to time, but I refuse to "jump on the ST-bashing bandwagon". I think
my 1040ST is still a better buy over the comparably-priced Amiga and Mac
systems, and I haven't had any complaints about the hardware.

  I must agree, there are some policies of Atari upper-management that I
don't like... But does this detract from the machine itself? I really doubt
Atari Corp. will dissappear into a black hole tomorrow, but I must agree I
wish Uncle Jack would clean up his act a little.

  But I still love my ST (and my Atari 800 and XL)!


						--R.J.
						B-)


P.S. Tangent time: Recently, I've been getting a strange bug with my 1040...
When I get a directory from the desktop, switch disks, then press ESCape,
I get the new directory (of the new disk), but mixed with some of the
files from the *old* directory! Whatsamatter?

  (I doubt it's non-fatal, I can pop the disk, re-enter it, and get a good
directory afterward, but I wonder what's the poop... Too many files from disk
#1, maybe?)
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