JS&A ad and ST future

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From: Mark Crispin
Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1986 20:34

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Have you seen the JS&A ad for the ST?  It's on the first page of the
March '86 Playboy.  If I were you, ST owners, I'd be worried.  JS&A
specializes in selling other companies' failed products with mucho
hype.  This ad sure fits the mold.

I haven't been able to verify the rumor that the new ST's can't address
more than 512K of memory, but this sort of shenigans is typical of Atari.
If anybody remembers the final blowout 400's from the old Atari, they had
a sabotaged ANTIC chip that couldn't address more than 16K.  Fortunately,
I had a source of good ANTIC's so I was able to replace the bogus ANTIC.

I am really getting sick of the childish messages on this list that make
fun of serious concerns related to the ST's marketing.  It is ridiculous
to talk about $400 Crays.  Seymour Cray only makes multi-million dollar
machines, and it costs him millions of dollars (presumably less than what
he sells them for) to make each one.
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