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Article #37572Re: What an Atarian is
From: Lee Dickey
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1989 21:58
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1989 21:58
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Someone askes:
> ... ). What motivated all you ST users to buy the ST?
Are you familiar with the book "Computer Wimp" by Baer?
It is published by the Ten Speed Press, the same folks
that gave you "What Color is your Parachute?"
Well, in that book, Baer says to pick your software, and then
find a machine that will run it. I took that recommendation
to heart. In my case, I picked APL, the most productive
language I know. I had used APL on mainframes since 1970,
had used it on the IBM PC, and was looking for a better
operating system. When I learned that APL.68000 was
being ported to the ST, and that the ST came with a terminal
emulator, I was convinced. We also needed a new typewriter at
home. The price of these exceeded that of a printer, so we
had the justification for buying a complete system.
--
L. J. Dickey, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Waterloo.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!watmath!maytag!water!ljdickey From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: What an Atarian is Message-ID: <2187@water.waterloo.edu> Date: 31 Mar 89 21:58:47 GMT References: <22152@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <10156@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> <2135@viscous.sco.COM> Reply-To: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey) Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 22