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In article <801@carroll1.UUCP>, dnewton@carroll1.UUCP (Dave 'C is cool, but what about LOGO?' Newton) writes:
> In article <1160@cc.helsinki.fi> JALKIO@cc.helsinki.fi (Jouni Alkio) writes:
>>In article <4675ca0d.14a1f@force.UUCP>, covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert) writes:
>>> 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.) 
> 
>    Well, AD/DA cards, interrupt cards (for process control), parallel output
> cards, co-processors (i.e. high-speed DSP's, _Transputers_, an 80386 machine
> for doing DOS if you must), and probably some I can't think about.

Well, I still don't think you'll need that many (over 5) slots. It would
be nice if the TT/P had more than one slot, but that would certaily
raise its price. You could wait for the TT/X (I think it'll have more
VME-slots). I think it is nice that there are options to choose from. If
you want a cheap 68030 machine you can buy the TT/P. And it is possible
that there'll be some slot expansions, too. (You can build the Mega ST's
VME-bus for the 1040ST's if you want now.) And some of the devices above
could be connected otherwise than in the VME-slot. If you can afford
using all those devices at once, you certainly can afford buying a more
expensive host computer!


					Jouni Alkio