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Article #25194BYTE's review of the 1040ST
From: manis
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1987 19:22
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 1987 19:22
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Getting back to the original remark about the review (and away from the ST/Amiga schism), I too was rather disappointed with the review. My disappointment stems not from what was said, but what was not said. For one thing, there was almost no discussion of software development tools. Given BYTE's audience, and given the fact that anyone who only wants application software will more likely buy a PClone or a Mac, one would expect that some discussion of what kind of programming environment the machine can offer is appropriate. It would also have been useful to include some comparisons of GEM on the ST and GEM on the PC. Fundamentally, the review did not give a typical BYTE reader an answer as to whether the machine was worth buying, and, if so, what its real strengths (and weaknesses) are.
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!ubc-vision!ubc-cs!manis From: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: BYTE's review of the 1040ST Message-ID: <849@ubc-cs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Feb-87 14:22:00 EST Article-I.D.: ubc-cs.849 Posted: Tue Feb 17 14:22:00 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 21-Feb-87 16:07:10 EST References: <1063@uwmacc.UUCP> <1418@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Reply-To: manis@ubc-cs.UUCP (Vincent Manis) Organization: UBC Department of Computer Science Lines: 15