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In article <8605121419.AA25503@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> CS112170@YUSOL.BITNET.UUCP writes:
>I'm having some difficulty deciding which ST to purchase.  I thought that
>the 1040 was the machine to buy, but I would prefer to have the power
>supply and drive external to the system.  So I thought, I might as well
>get a 520 with a double sided drive.  But I've been told that upgrading
>the 520 isn't so easy due to the lack of space inside the case.

Here in Europe it is an official Atari policy to sell four types of ST-models
which are: 260ST, 520ST, 520ST+, and 1040ST. Leaving aside the 260-model, the
following is a comparison of the remaining three models:

model   characteristics                             price relative to 520ST
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520ST   including SS-drive                          f 2500 or about $1000
520ST+  same as 520ST but 1Mbyte of memory          520ST + 15%
520ST+  DS-drive instead of SS-drive                520ST + 23%
1040ST  (built in DS-drive)                         520ST + 40%

It is astonishing that Atari apparently does not support the 520ST+ model in
the States while they do support these models on our side of the great pool.
The 520ST+ model is really a good compromise if you want both modularity and
less vulnerability to problems and on the other hand 1Mbyte of memory. Why
don't you (in the States) push Atari to support the 520ST+ model in the States
as they do in Europe?

Frans Dorrestein.