🚀 go-pugleaf

Why I bought the ST?  I had been looking at 68000 machines for some time.
One one hand, there was the MAC, expensive but relatively portable (good for
gigs).  I was even looking at some of the single board 68000s advertised in
BYTE for $500-$1200.    One had a Z-80 CPU on board with the 68000.
I was even thinking about getting a 68000 board in a IIe.  (This was 1985)
Atari turned out to be the best because of the price and the MIDI ports.
BYTE also praised it for being a computer that gives you all the strengths
of the 68000.  I was also looking at the Amiga, becuse I am interested in
graphics.   But price was a consideration.  So I bought a 520 in the begining
of 1986 and upgraded it to a Mega 2 last year.   I have been happy with it and
have had no serious problems other than the media change problem with the
Chinon in the Mega.  The dealer swapped drives with a non Chinon at no cost
and everything has been going smoothly since then.

I dont really have any attachment to Atari,  if I win the Lottery I will
probably get a micro Vax workstation and contract out a MIDI board.
But those economic coordinates are not available for me now, so it is Atari.
I like the fact that you can get some software cheaply in a lot of areas,
but like others wish there was some more professional stuff around too.
But programming all the interface chips is easy, so that is a plus.
As for Mac vs Atari vs Amiga, there is no one machine clearly better, so
why the holy wars?

Jeff Beer, UUCJEFF@ECNCDC.BITNET, Chicago Illinois