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In article <4675ca0d.14a1f@force.UUCP>, covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
> 
> And when I first bought the 520ST, the ST was a steal. And when I first bought
> the Mega I was told about all of the future boards being designed for it.
> Over the last 3 years the ST, both 520/1040 and Mega ST, have been left in
> the dust by IBM PC clones. And now that Commodore is producing an Amiga (A3000)
> which uses non-interlaced graphics, the A3000 is a serious contender in my
> book.

Amiga A3000? I haven't even heard of it. Can you buy one in the US now?
If you can't is it still a plan or do they have a prototype? How much
will it cost? What are the specifications? And what's so special about
non-interlaced graphics?

I have only heard of an Amiga A2500. It is has only a M68020 and is more
expensive than an Atari TT!

What makes the A3000 special that you would choose it over a TT, for
example? I doubt Commodore is supporting more than Atari...

> 
> I would dearly like to get a good CASE tool but if you think I will
> ever see one for the ST or the TT you are pretty optimistic. The
> software market has just plain and simply left the ST. Except for
> games. There are plenty of new games for the ST. Just lots and lots
> of games. And mostly from Europe.

You could buy your non-games software from Europe, too. There is plenty
of it.

> 
> So, that leaves the ST as a Game Machine. and maybe that where ATari
> should concentrate. Sell the ST and TT as Super Game Machines and blow
> away Ninetendo.

A Games Machine with Unix - you must be joking!
> 
> But, I will NEVER buy another computer from Atari. Especially
> a closed system like the TT/P. One lousy short VME card slot
> does not make an OPEN system. you need 5 or more. One slot
> just guarantees that no one will design for it. Lack of resources.

What do you need those 5 or more slots for. (And please don't answer:
"internal modems, hard-disks, etc", because that's only a cosmetic issue.) 

By the way, I've read that Atari will bring the graphics card of the ATW
(which is quite neat) for the TT as a VME-card...

					Jouni Alkio