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In <1h2r5bINNqv5@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys) writes:
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>Ed, I can buy a 386 DX 25 MHz clone with an 85 meg HD, 8 expansion slots,
>a 3.5" 1.4 meg drive, a 5.25" 1.2 meg drive, and a SVGA monitor for
>$799.

But you forget that to get the same *subjective* performance as a F030 you
would have to buy a 486DX33 with a very fast graphicscard that have at least
64k colors, a DSP board of any kind AND something like the soundblaster.

Tell me the price of that!

(btw, I have run Windows on a 486DX25 in 256 colors.. It crawls..)

>Oh, and it would include 2 Megs.

Well, memory aint expensive... Atari should have put in 4 megs as minimum.

>Along with Windows and the choice of THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of
>software titles.

I wouldn't put my name on a product like Windows. I would be *ashamed* to
release such a lousy done software. Oh, could you please tell me of some
software which doesn't exists on the ST??

(btw, windows isn't a software title, it's a substitute for MS/DOS ;)

>There are also MANY developers working on new software for it, not
>just a handful.  Anyone will fix it if it breaks.  And there
>is no need for me to beg the company for support.

Correct!

>No, Atari's needs an edge besides the DSP.

I think Atari has an egde, the question is wether they will blow it or not...

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