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Article #36178Re: Random Atari Bashing
From: Rob Carriere
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1989 02:09
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1989 02:09
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In article <10968@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> ftg!dwm@stag.UUCP (David Meile) writes: >>Sorry again, I know what GDOS is, and the point stands. They sold me >>a machine with an incomplete OS, and did not think it necessary to >>rectify the matter. >What you *really* mean is that you purchased a machine with what you >considered >as an incomplete OS ... that was your choice. Yes, it was my choice, in the expectation that the matter would be rectified. Call me naive. >It would be nice to have GDOS in >ROM, I suppose, if you really wanted your system to be all that slow. ROM, disk, I don't care. The point is that Atari should have done something. >Did you check out the Atari ST before you bought it? I mean, if you *really* >needed a math coprocessor, why didn't you purchase an AT-clone in the first >place? Ever heard of changing situations? >Instead, we are subject to a harangue which tends to indicate (to me at least) >that you didn't know the first thing about buying a microcomputer in the >first place. Why should I, or anyone, care what misguided indications you seek to conjure up? >My suggestion - sell you ST. You're never going to be happy with it. Buy a >nice, safe, AT-clone and go complain about it on comp.sys.ibm.pc. Wrong. I am more happy with my ST than I would be with an AT clone. I guess in your world that means that I have to sing praise and halleluja only? Rob Carriere PS If anyone else wants to flame me, let them feel free, but let's please do it via email.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ncis.llnl.gov!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!agate!bionet!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu!raksha.eng.ohio-state.edu!rob From: rob@raksha.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rob Carriere) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Random Atari Bashing Message-ID: <1600@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> Date: 27 Jan 89 02:09:33 GMT References: <1497@psu-cs.UUCP> <11830031@hpldola.HP.COM> <1562@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> <1046@hudson.acc.virginia.edu> <1575@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu> <10968@umn-cs.CS.UMN.EDU> Sender: news@accelerator.eng.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: rob@raksha.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rob Carriere) Organization: Ohio State Univ, College of Engineering Lines: 39