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David Paschall-Zimbel writes:

>Just a quick question here, Bob.  What computer do you use most of the time?
>This includes those times you're online answering CompuServe questions about
>the Atari ST line...

Gotta wonder a little about the relevance of the question.. but
as David is so predictable, I can just hear the "must be personal
problems with Atari Corp" comments coming...
 
Well, the answer is.. it depends on what I want to do..
(the classic "decide what you want a computer to do before you
decide on what computer to get")
 
Right now my XT is re-compressing some GIF pictures, the PS/2
is waiting for me to get back to playing Eye of the Beholder II,
and my ST is busy composing this message.
 
When I want to display those GIFs, I'll use the VGA of the PS/2,
and when I want to program a little, I'll use the Hercules XT
system for its larger hard drive.  Llamatron belongs to the ST..
I played it on the PS/2, and it truely sucks.

Then there's the mini-tower with its '286 motherboard and pieces
all over the room, waiting to be assembled.  What it doesn't know
is that the '286 board will never be installed, since '386DX
boards have dropped in price so much.  When that one is done,
I'll be able to play Ultima Underworld and the other games that
require the speed and memory.
 
CompuServe..?  That belongs to the ST.. I still haven't found
a telecommunications program for any other computer platform
that works as well, or meets my needs like Flash does.  In fact,
my ST is seldom ever turned off, since the capture buffer in
Flash usually holds a megabyte or more of online sessions from
all the boards and services I use.  (The only exception is the
Sierra Network, which only works with PCs for the time being).
 
Oh.. and when I want to print out huge doc files, I use a VAX
8550 in a cluster of a dozen VAXes to use their high-speed
lineprinters..
 
But.. since most of my time is spent online somewhere, the
answer to the original question would have to be that I use my
ST more often than any of the others..

Any other questions..?

BobR