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From: venta@i2ack.UUCP (Paolo Ventafridda)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Looking for an Exorcist (was re:looking for an Evangelist)
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Date: 20 Jan 89 03:52:57 GMT
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In article <40e6cb36.14e07@gtephx.UUCP>, covertr@gtephx.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
> 
> Another good thing about the Atari ST computers are the computer bulletin
> boards (bbses). They are generally FREE, there are literally hundreds of them
> and you can chat with sysops on them. The FOREM ST bbs program is probably the
> BEST bbs program available for ANY computer (it certainly beats the daylights out
> of RedRyder host mode).

Please do not exaggerate!
Generally, most of BBS in world are free. FOREM BBS is NOT by ANY mean the
best BBS written for any computer. Maybe (maybe) it is the best for ST,
but i would not say that too.
I have been running Citadel BBS for ST for 9 months, then i switched to
FOREM, which is surely more powerful, but has as many holes as swiss cheese.
It crashes, it looses messages, it has NO network (you must BUY the network
package apart).
Now i am tired of Forem, and i am looking at MagPie BBS under Xenix.
This is the best i saw around, until now.

> 
> The Mac bbses charge $25 and most are susbscription boards. Just try to find a FREE
> Mac bbs. and they have primitive file xfer protocols.  I have seen a mac friend
> spend hours trying to d/l files unsuccessfully because of poor Mac xfer
> protocols.

This is TRUE. Mac has been the last among computers to get Zmodem working!
By the way, did some1 see it around?

> 
> And the Mac has a tiny, dinky, little monitor. and it doesn't have color!!
> 
> The ST has both color and monochrome, and if you spend about $600 for a fancy
> hi rez multi-sync color monitor you can do BOTH color and monochrome on the
> same monitor.
> 
> And with the spectre 128 cartridge/software you can run about 90% of all Mac SE
> software (but not MIDI stuff). 

Not true. If you play with your Mac, you don't care about crashes.
If you work, you ain't gonna use an ST with a kinky emulation.
I have both Aladin and Magic Sac, they are fine for playing.
A Mac is always a Mac, let's be serious.

> 
> So, for what I do, I really LOVE my two STs!! I would recommend them over a Mac to
> all but a confirmed Mac weenie!!

If i had money, i would buy a Mac: it has better software, and it's a professio-
nal machine. My ST is just fine, and worths at least double the price it costs.
Why complaining about Mac?? It's a great machine. Let's talk of Atari.


> 
> Richard (MWC is great!!) Coverft

          ^^ You never used Turbo C, my dear! I have both, and CAN compare.

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