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Article #36105Re: SLM804 Woes, Really!!!!!!
From: Robert allen Jung
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1989 21:16
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 1989 21:16
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In article <8901212223.AA03595@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 01659@AECLCR.BITNET (Greg Csullog) writes:
> [Comparison of SLM804 vs. HP Laser deleted]
>
>On the Atari the time to print (full cycle from start to having the output
>in my hand) was 43 seconds. On the PC (Norton rating of 10.3) the time was
>14 minutes and 55 seconds. ...
>But I do agree that Atari's laser has to fall in price - the competition has!
Just out of curiousity, wasn't Atari's marketing division (whereever THAT
is) going to _justify_ the SLM804's higher price? Something along the lines
of, "Sure, it costs more, but it's a LOT faster"...?
(But since you must have at least 2 megs to run the darn thing...)
--R.J.
B-)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!oberon!nunki.usc.edu!castor.usc.edu!rjung From: rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert allen Jung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: SLM804 Woes, Really!!!!!! Message-ID: <2424@nunki.usc.edu> Date: 22 Jan 89 21:16:25 GMT References: <8901212223.AA03595@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Sender: news@nunki.usc.edu Reply-To: rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert allen Jung) Organization: O-Mayer V BBS, CA (213) 732-0229 Lines: 25