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From: plw@panda.UUCP (Pete Williamson)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Subject: Amiga is really an Atari !!
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Date: Thu, 8-Aug-85 14:39:59 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug  8 14:39:59 1985
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   I was one of those Atari enthusiasts that bought the 800 when it cost
a bundle. I have never regretted it since! It was a landmark machine in
graphics (price/performance) and in operating system software.

   But as we all know, the designers of that system left Atari. Instead of
a second generation of graphics architecture and obvious computer group
upgrades in processing power, memory, and mass storage, Atari merely
repackaged the same product a few times (many of them unsuccessful). They
didn't even bother to increase players and missles and playfields.

   When Jack T. revived Atari, I once again hoped that new architectual
advances might happen (special graphics processors, etc.) Although I
presently own neither an ST or an Amiga, it sure looks to me, from the
technical descriptions I have read, that the only thing "Atari" about the
ST is its name. The Amiga, I believe, is the "Atari" that I'm looking for.

   If this is really the situation, I suspect that this newsgroup will
change its name. Anybody agree/disagree ??
-- 
						Pete Williamson
"By hook or by crook, we will !!" ... #2