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Article #23421Re: ADVOCACY: Falcon030 competes with '486dx-33
From: Warwick Allison
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 00:59
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 00:59
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ritz@ritz.mordor.com (Christopher Mauritz) writes:
>Re: open architecture problems
>I couldn't agree more. It is difficult to support all of the
>different devices, but at least they are trying instead of
>forcing you into using their hardware (like Atari).
No. APPLE foces you into using there hardware. SCSI, RS-232, Centronics -
all are supported [SCSI not on ST/STe, but they're old, and - like PC's -
require an extra host adaptor].
Anyone considering an Apple should look very carefully at this Apple attitude.
SCSI-yes. The rest-no. Even all the cabling is non-standard, and quite
expensive. The Apple StyleWriter is basically just a Canon BJ10e, but costs
more, and can't be used on anything but an Apple.
Even the Modem port requires an Apple modem... since it is RS-432 [or something
like that - not RS-232].
Apple was my "next choice" at one time, but now NO WAY. Especially now, with
the lack of GNU support.
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Warwick
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!munnari.oz.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!uqcspe!cs.uq.oz.au!warwick From: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ADVOCACY: Falcon030 competes with '486dx-33 Message-ID: <11656@uqcspe.cs.uq.oz.au> Date: 13 Jan 93 00:59:26 GMT References: <1993Jan12.052754.9131@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <9301126113@ritz.mordor.com> Sender: news@cs.uq.oz.au Reply-To: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au Lines: 30