Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!harpo!eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxf!bryan From: bryan@ihuxf.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re:What computer under 000 to buy Message-ID: <551@ihuxf.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Jun-83 09:38:07 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxf.551 Posted: Wed Jun 29 09:38:07 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 30-Jun-83 16:16:34 EDT Lines: 28 If you can wait till October get the new ATARI 1450XLD. Price under $900 Memory 64k Ram 24k Rom Double sided Double Density Disk Drive Built-in 256 colors Bus extension slots available (for soon to be released CPM card) has 8 slots and 2 serial ports Built in 300 baud auto dial modem Built in Voice syn. can read and say text Built in modulator 40x24 display (Atari has one of the cleanest displays around due to its very very very low RFI/EMI) 191x320 pixels in High Res. Built in printer port. I can go on but the Atari computers are by far the best buy around I used a c64 for a while and thought it was garbage. It uses to many peeks and pokes instead of nice little functions like SETCOLOR x1,x2,x3 x1=color register x2=color x3=hue PLOT X,Y turns on a pixel DRAWTO X,Y draws line from last plot point (0,0) default of course you could also POKE these on the Atari but it is nicer to have a name instead of a number. The Atari is about the best HOME computer around. Ready for ANY flames ihuxf!bryan