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> In article <186@sbstaff2.UUCP> lean@sbstaff2.UUCP (Lean L. Loh) writes:
> >  Hello hackers,
> >		Having seen and played with both the Atari 1040ST and an
> >IBM PC (AT), I wonder why there are still people buying (and using !!) the
> >IBM PC AT. And the IBM PC (generic 8088)?  Ughhh.........
> >................Of course, if people have loads of $$$$ to throw around, 
> >then it's a different story.   Any comments.
> >
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> A computer is practically useless unless there is software to run on it.
> And I don't mean just having on or two choices either. The day there is
> as much software out there for the ST as there is for the IBM PC, is
> the day I will look at the ST.
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>             atheism all the way!!
> Atul Kacker
> UUCP    : {allegra|seismo|decvax}!rochester!ur-tut!akk2


Hello,
	Thanks for responding to my original posting. 

	It wasn't meant to flame anyone. However, a couple of comments posted
subsequently prompted this response. I hope this is the end of that discussion.
Lack of software for the ST:   Yes, granted the ST has less software than the
IBM PC, but how long has the PC been out.  The ST has MORE software NOW than
did the IBM PC for the same time period subsequent to introduction into the 
market respectively.
	The ST has an IBM-PC emulator (box with 8088, 8087, drive, etc) and
also a Macintosh emulator.
	Yes, Flight Simulator does NOT work on the monochrome, but if you
check with the guys (LOGIC), a version that runs on the monochrome will be 
out fairly soon. BTW, don't you think the  Atari monochrome monitor for the ST
is VERY, VERY good (compared to the IBM monochrome). You have to agree on that.
	Yes, the AT is a fine machine. Yes, AMIGA is also a fine machine.


	And yes, don't BOMB your IBM PC's; they're good machines, but the ST ...... that's a different story altogether.


***************  The reason I posted the original message was to verify that
my posting actually made it to the outside world !!!  So thanks for responding .***************

	


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Lean L. Loh,
SUNY at Stony Brook
CSNET: lean@sbcs.csnet
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UUCP: {allegra, hocsd, philabs, ogcvax}!sbcs!lean

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