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From: iarocci@eneevax.UUCP (John Iarocci)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: And the winner is...
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Date: Tue, 14-Jul-87 01:00:41 EDT
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Posted: Tue Jul 14 01:00:41 1987
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In article <17680@cca.CCA.COM> jack@cca.CCA.COM (Jack Orenstein) writes:
>According to Ali Ozer:
>
>| If you want to expand above 1 Meg [on the Atari 1040ST],
>| you need to start kludging things, and you can't go above 4 even with the
>| biggest hacks. The A2000 is 68020 compatible, and you can one day easily
>| plug in a 68020/68881 board for increased performance. (Such boards do
>| exist; CSA makes one for the A1000, for instance.) 1040ST can't be
>| upgraded to the 68020; the 24-bit address pointer is engraved in their OS.
>
>For my purposes, I need as much memory as I can get my hands on...

Jack, I think you've been somewhat misinformed by some obviously well-
intentioned Amiga user.  True, the existing Ataris (520ST & 1040ST) cannot
easily be expanded beyond 4 megabytes, but the new Mega STs are reportedly
expandable to 16 megabytes.  So, if you REALLY need the memory, the CLEAR
winner is ATARI.
>
>So it's an Amiga for me. I'm looking at this as a machine for the next
>couple of years until 68020-class machines come down in price. Given that
>there are *already* some impressive 68020 boxes for the Amiga, it's possible
>that I can use the machine for an even longer time.

Well, it looks like you've already made up your mind, but for the benefit of
others who may not have, let me point out that the Mega STs are expandable
(they have an expansion slot), and will supposedly have 68020 support in the
form of a 68020 box which will connect to STs through the DMA port (I think
Atari calls this the TT).  So, if you look closely at what you get for your
money, I think many people will find the decision a little less clear-cut
than it would appear from your posting.

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