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Article #438Re: Atari price update
From: Don E. Davis
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 1984 14:51
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 1984 14:51
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I am contemplating purchasing a computer for my son this Christmas. With the $120 price tag, the Atari 800XL sounds pretty good, but I still wonder how it compares to the Commodore. It seems like there is more software out there for the latter. How do they compare? Is the graphics better on the Atari? Games are important. Are the games on Atari comparable to the Commodore? Is the disk drive for the Atari just as clutzy as the 1541? I guess the above questions can by grouped together as one: Is the Commodore worth the $80 price differential? -- Don Davis JHU/APL ...decvax!harpo!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded ...rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/3/84; site aplvax.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hao!seismo!umcp-cs!aplvax!ded From: ded@aplvax.UUCP (Don E. Davis) Newsgroups: net.micro.atari Subject: Re: Atari price update Message-ID: <812@aplvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 27-Nov-84 09:51:36 EST Article-I.D.: aplvax.812 Posted: Tue Nov 27 09:51:36 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 30-Nov-84 07:37:20 EST References: <485@homxa.UUCP> Organization: JHU/Applied Physics Lab, Laurel, MD Lines: 16