Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!dptg!att!mtuxo!mtgzz!drutx!dvac From: dvac@drutx.ATT.COM (Daniel Vachon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Apple dealerships killing the Apple // series...... Summary: What about Atari Message-ID: <11984@drutx.ATT.COM> Date: 10 Aug 89 22:32:54 GMT References: <8908022200.aa26487@ADM.BRL.MIL> <8908032201.AA05845@mitre.arpa> Organization: AT&T, Denver, CO Lines: 24 In article <8908032201.AA05845@mitre.arpa>, mcgurrin@MITRE.MITRE.ORG writes: > To add to this thread, I was at my local store the other day (the Tyson's Corner > Now if the issue is compatibility, and the college their going to supports > Macs, I would agree 100%. I advise people to by MS DOS machines if their > company uses only IBM, and the prime issue is compatibility.... The original posting wasn't quite about this, but I wanted to throw this out in the open here. I am seeing quite a few people dumping Apple ][ because they don't agree with Apple's direction with the ][ line. I see most of them going to Atari 520ST or Atari 1020ST's. It appears that the Ataris can emulate a Mac+, faster than a Mac + can.... Plus there are emulation boards to go IBM's road too... I have heard these emulators go for about $100 a piece.... Now, I have been an Apple ][ addict for about 7 years now.... I had a ][+ for about 5 of the years, and a Franklin for one, and a couple //e's the most recent years... I know I will not buy a //gs because I see Apple dealers pushing Mac's. Apple sees mac sales climbing, // sales falling, and where is the support going to go then.... I don't know, maybe it is just time to get a different machine anyways. I have run a BBS for 6 of the 7 years and I see my users starting to fall away from Apple //'s.... Maybe the time has come... Later - Dan Vachon - !att!drutx!dvac p.s. What does anyone/everyone think about the Atari 520/1020ST's?! Pros/Cons?