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In article <1992Dec11.131347.8384@chpc.utexas.edu> ewal235@chpc.utexas.edu (Rob McMullen) writes:
>
>I'm curious.  I suspect (correct me if I'm wrong) that a lot of the
>current owners of STs have owned 8Bits in the past.  (At least folks in
>North America.  I don't know how popular 8Bits got elsewhere.)  How many
>of us consider sticking with Atari out of some amount of loyalty to the
>company?

   I dunno if it's so much a loyalty to the *company* as it is familiarity
with the company's products.  I liked using the Atari 8-bit, thus I
would make the assumption that I would probably like using the Atari 16-bit,
and so would probably check it out before some other machine.  Of course,
at that point, it is up to the person to decide whether than machine
will satisfy the needs of the user.  And yes, I have a 256k 800xl sitting
in the closet as sort of a "backup" system in case my MegaSTe goes down
for some reason.

   The same process would explain why I didn't get an Amiga.  I have never
owned a Commodore product, nor have I really used one (other than a 
VIC-20) so I am not familiar with their system, and such never gained
a strong opinion of the quality of their products.  Not that I'd turn
down a gift of one, mind you :-)

   And thus can be explained why I did finally get a 286 - I was familiar
with PC's (i.e. at school, etc.) and did want some compatibilty with
some school/work stuff.  And the fact that I got the whole system
for $50 didn't hurt either :-)

>My question is:  Why do we do this to ourselves? :-)  We must be eternal
>optimists, or delight in writing all of our own software.  The Atari net
>community does make up (somewhat) for the lack of commercial software.
>Of course, I'd like to play new things like Ultima Underworld.  At least
>we got Lemmings!

'cos we're rebels :-)

Besides, Ataris (IMHO) are more *fun* to use...


					Robert Anisko
					anisko@usdtsg.daytonoh.ncr.com