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>This thing about "no new software" is really beginning to bug me.  Anyone
>claiming there is no new software for the ST(e)/TT/Falcon is not
>keeping up with current events.  There is more _good_ software out now
>than ever before for the Atari  line.  You want word processors?  Take your
>pick from about 5-10 current and upgradable programs.  DTP?  No question
>there is current software here which is moving to stay with the field.
>Graphics?  How about True-Paint, Phoenix 512, Chronos 3D?
>
>It seems that in the last year or two we've seen an explosion of products
>from all different sources -- I'd say if you had an Atari, you have many
>excellent options in terms of software.

I second that opinion.  I just recently did three neat things to my 
previously piece of junk 1040STf.  I got 4Mb RAM upgrade, a 193Mb hard disk
with ICD tools, and today I got the TEC TOS 2.06 upgade.

I bought the Hard Drive from D&P computing.  I was impressed by their 
knowledge and their professionalism.  Also, they included a SOFTWARE
catalog with an ST SOFTWARE program.  I ran the program and found that
about 500 programs are currently available and that about 250 of them
were written since 1990.  That impressed me.  The other think that impressed
me was the amount of hardware third party companies were selling for the
old as well as the new Atari ST.

My advice has been, we you need a computer, look at what you can get.  Next
forget about all the other computers you have seen and see if this one
can do what you want it to do.  Next see if you like it.  Last see if you can
afford it.  If you can answer yes to all of these questions, put it on your
buy list.  When you're done, review which computer you liked best, not
which one is best, becuase not matter what other people say, you have to
use the computer every day and you need to have something you like.

For me the Atari ST has always been something that I thought was less than
every other computer.  For nearly every single application I have used
I have been delighted because the programs and machine exceeded my 
expectations.  I truley don't care what other people say about my Atari ST;
I like it, I support it, and I am going to spend lots of money on it.

People are the same way with watches, cars, boats, homes, and so on.  If they
like it, they put the money into it and they don't really care what other
people think.

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Mark Lehmann                      Senior Texas A&M University
lehmann@cs.tamu.edu