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From: alex@hpgnd.HP.COM (Alexis MERMET-GRANDFILLES)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: What's so good about an STE?
Message-ID: <4280008@hpgnd.HP.COM>
Date: 2 Feb 90 13:22:16 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard, GND
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Hi there,

I really get confused with all rumours I have heard about STE machines.

I have red that they do not work properly with a monochrome monitor.
Especially they would get lost if one try to use the new capabilities 
( Hardware scrolling , new blitter ) on a monochrome monitor.

It is a famous French ST magazine "ST-Mag" which wrote that...
It seems there are some big problems with STEs.

They have also written that external drives 3'5 and 5'1/4 could not be
accessed properly with STE machines .

Has anybody met these problems with STEs on monochrome monitors or 
with external floppies ? 

Is it a hardware problem or a TOS 1.6 problem ?
Is there the same problem on TOS 1.4 machines ?

Will STACY allow external 5'1/4 disks ?

Thanks a lot for your answers.