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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
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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?