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From: rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert  allen Jung)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: What an Atarian is
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Date: 29 Mar 89 04:41:58 GMT
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In article <10156@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> mars@athena.mit.edu (Andy) writes:
>I'd like to know what the average Atari ST user is like.

  Why not? Atari users seem to consist of a group with a unique (and slightly
maschoistic  B-) streak; Maybe we can nail something down.

>  The Atari ST
>users I know have a serious commitment to the machine(not the company)
>and to the Hacker Ethic in its purest form(joy of computers for the 
>sake of computing).

  Count me in. Forget the bureaucrats, forget the formalities, let's get to
hat keyboard and WRITE CODE!

>  What motivated all you ST users to buy the ST?

  I originally started out on an Atari 800. It was either that or the Apple //,
and I found the Apple's graphics and sound to be extremely pathetic (yeah, I
was going to write video games on the darn machine -- See above). I still have
that 800, right here.

  Moving to the ST was, for me, mostly because the ST delivered a LOT of
features for a VERY LOW price. I mean, sure it doesn't have the frills and the
extra "fluff" of the Macintosh, but it GETS THE JOB DONE. I'm still waiting
for the day when I regret my decision.

>Everywhere I went,
>people called the Atari a game machine, and claimed it inferior, which
>made me very protective of Atari and furthered my loyality.

  I think a lot of Atari users have that feeling. To some degree, each of us
walks around with a chip on our shoulders, watching out whenever some wiseacre
calls our machine a glorified VIC-20.

>Why would any of you buy the ST when the IBM has more
>support, the Apple has more innovation, and the Amiga more power?

  I'll agree that the IBM has more support (why else are Atarians
maschoistic?  B-), but are you sure the Mac has more innovations and the
Amiga more power? I'm not convinced.

						--R.J.
						B-)

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