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From: Sentry@cup.portal.com (Marcus Hungor Tran)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: I want to buy a new computer!
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Date: 19 Mar 89 02:09:12 GMT
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I own an Atari 1040 ST for over a year, and an Amiga500 for three months.  
They are both the best computers for games.  Graphics are generally the
same on both computers, although the Amiga has better resolutions and
more colors on screen at the same time.  You have to look VERY carefully
to see the difference since most games are written for low resolution.
The sound is deffinitely better on the Amiga. It has stereo output (which
Atari forgot to put in the ST) and stereo monitor. Most games for Amiga 
are in stereo and have digitized sounds, taking advantage of the voice
synthensizer which the Atari doesn't have.  Sounds like I'm bias toward
the Amiga? Not really. There are more games available for the ST (althoug
h the Amiga games are gain fast).  Also, since I have the Atari first, I
have already own lots of ST games, I only buy games for the Amiga that are
not available in ST format.  Of course, being a sucker for digitized sounds,
I would like to start buying more games for the Amiga.  NOTES: I'm speaking 
as a GAMER now: get the Amiga (ooh, that hurts! Sorry Atari)