Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!genrad!decvax!microsof!fluke!ssc-vax!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!ariel!hou5f!orion!houca!hogpc!houxn!rb From: rb@houxn.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro Subject: Re: Re:What computer under 000 to buy Message-ID: <364@houxn.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Jul-83 11:18:12 EDT Article-I.D.: houxn.364 Posted: Fri Jul 1 11:18:12 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Jul-83 11:59:30 EDT References: ihuxf.551 Lines: 31 Hear, hear! I've been using the Atari 800 as both fun & games and "serious" for several months now. Some of the "serious" stuff includes: Payroll system Word processor Data Base Invoicing system (custom written by yours truly)....The others are off-the-shelf There is NOTHING around in its price range that beats it for capability A N D (underline/double-strike) SOFTWARE AVAILABILITY. That's what the computer is all about----software NOT HARDWARE. A computer is a tool---- Try to use a hammer without nails, a screw driver w/o screws...etc. You get my point. A C/64 could be FREE---it still would cost too much relative to the ATARI the first time you had to buy a software package and found i wasn't xxxxxxxxxx (it wasn't) available. Oh, yeah....don't forget Visicalc (TM)! ROb Botwin ....houxn!rb