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In article <11648@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> warwick@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
>dmb@case.ai.mit.edu (David Baggett) writes:
>
>>Atari's simply aren't competetive anymore.  Face it, if you bought a
>>new machine, would it be an ST?
>
>>If so, then you really are deluded
>>beyond all hope.  Apple's soon not going to even HAVE a 68000 machine
>>in their line -- they're just too darn slow by today's standards.
>
>Wakey-wakey Dave.  Atari's soon not going to even HAVE a 68000 machine
> in their line -- they're just too darn slow by today's standards.

Warwick!  I was beginning to feel let down that you weren't
contributing anymore!  Like it or not, though, the 68000-based machines
are really the only affordable machines Atari has.  The TT is no longer
even vaguely competitive from a price/performace standpoint.  As for
the Falcon, it's already a bit behind the times, but it'll certainly be
a vast improvement over the ST.  If Atari sells the Falcon for $250,
I'll buy one.  How's that?  THAT would be competitive.

Of course, they have to MAKE them first.  Minor detail.  Darn 
pesky factory workers!  Can't even pronounce "Tra-mell" correctly,
much less meet their production quotas.

>If you bought a "new machine" and it was an ST, then you've just popped
>through a time warp.  Check out the prices 1040STe's are being flogged
>off at by long-term Atari dealers - it's a runout sale.  I picked up
>a SM146 for $AU190, which is quite a saving!!  They're all about to
>become obsolete [though the SM146 is a *nice* monitor!].

ST's are being dumped left and right because they're becoming door
stops.  Nobody wants a computer for which no new software is being
written any more than they want an 8-track tape player.  ("All my
tapes sound JUST FINE on my 8-track.  I don't NEED a CD player.")

>Smell some roses for a change.

This is finally getting fun again!   :)

Dave Baggett
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