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From: pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: 520STFM recommendation for Atari
Message-ID: <1436@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 16-Jul-87 16:04:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: bath63.1436
Posted: Thu Jul 16 16:04:46 1987
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In article <1394@bath63.ux63.bath.ac.uk> pes@ux63.bath.ac.uk (Smee) writes:
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>Speaking of which, the 1040 probably *is* a games machine.  I WANT a
>1-MegaST; anyone from Atari listening?


Yeah, quoting myself.  Ouch.  I should have put a smiley face on that, cause
I've been soundly leapt on (e-mail) by various people who I can't work out a
reply address for, given the sinuous routes involved and my limited auths.

Hey, everybody, I've got a machine.  A mere 520ST, no F, no M, colour and mono,
ss and DS disks, printer, modem, ...  I KNOW it's a good machine.  I know
there are good serious things you can do with it.  I *do* have plans to upgrade
this box come the Autumn, probably to 1 Meg and turn the SS drive into a DS.
But, I want a second one.  For personal reasons, all of my own, and with full
understanding of the similarities and differences (as far as announced) I
would VERY MUCH prefer the second machine to be a Mega box rather than a
normal box.  I'm not gonna tell you why, nothing to do with you.  (And
besides, I doubt I could explain it totally rationally and coherently, but it
revolves around a basic concept that I'd prefer being at the low end of the
high range than being at the high end of the low range.)

And, for PURELY MONEY reasons, I'd like the Mega to be a 1-Mega so's I can
afford it and some added goodies -- like a second colour monitor -- instead
of having only the naked machine.

So, I WANT A 1-MEGA !!!

(P.S. Currently, rumoured marketing plans in the UK indicate that the 520/1040
is going to be sold by the historically 'home entertainment' computer shops;
and that the Mega is going to be pushed thru the historically 'business
machine' dealers.  So maybe I was half right anyway.)

:-)  (just in case)...