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Article #6125Re: Vapourware!!! A poor man's mac.
From: Jouni Alkio, University of Helsi...
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1989 09:35
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 1989 09:35
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In article <1752@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>, rogers@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Bob Rogers) writes: ******* Part of the text deleted ******* > late products, etc. At least the Tramiels' Commodore sold millions of the > products it did have, something that the Tramiels' Atari has not been able to > do. The machine I thought would be the "poor man's Mac" turned out to be "the > rich man's Commodore 64." I must say, though, that the hardware is much more > reliable that the C64's and it's a lot better for C hacking. Tramiels' Atari HAS sold quite a lot of ST's, for example. In Europe. Hmm. Wouldn't you consider a machine that can run MAC software and is cheaper than a MAC a "poor man's Mac"? I would. (I have been satisfied without a MAC emulator, though.) > -- > ---- > Bob Rogers rogers@stpaul.ncr.com or rogers@pnet51.cts.com > NCR Comten, St. Paul, MN GEnie: R.C.ROGERS Jouni Alkio
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!samsung!caesar.cs.montana.edu!ogccse!ucsd!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!tut!hydra!hylka!jalkio From: JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (Jouni Alkio, University of Helsinki, Finland) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Vapourware!!! A poor man's mac. Message-ID: <1547@cc.helsinki.fi> Date: 26 Nov 89 09:35:31 GMT References: <8911070804.AA12600@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <9802@zodiac.ADS.COM> <24310@cup.portal.com> <1817@atari.UUCP> <1752@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> Organization: University of Helsinki Lines: 22