🚀 go-pugleaf

>Can someone explain, for the non-technical dummies like me, what the features
>of the TT are, in contrast to a MegaStE (and vice versa)?
>I don't need ultra high speed. I do need to be able to use all the software
>I have for my old 1040ST (UK, 1986 TOS1.0 vintage). I would like at
>least 2meg, and to include a PC emulator, such as AT-once, and be able to
>access 2meg in PC mode. (So that I can run Smalltalk-V-286 - not Little
>Smtk).
>But please don't baffle me with electronic science!

Well, there are a couple of things that might influence your choice between
the two machines.

1> The TT directly supports the 19 inch mono monitor, the MegaSTE does not.
2> The TT can support up to (I think) 26 MB of ram, the Mega STE 4MB
3> The STE series is more 'compatible' with the pre-'E' software than the TT

For the average user points 1 and 2 mean very little, point #3 is very
important. Remember, the BEST machine is the one that best suits your needs.
Not everyone is required to own THE FASTEST machine (Only IBM'ers think that
way :)

From the sounds of it, you'd do more than fine with the MegaSTE

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