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From: covertr@force.UUCP (Richard E. Covert)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Portable Mac vs STACY
Summary: No Way, Jose!!!
Message-ID: <45da4392.14a1f@force.UUCP>
Date: 25 Sep 89 17:30:32 GMT
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In article <22482@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
> Pete Szymonik sez:
>  
> Yes...  but...
>  
> While I'll be the first to acknowledge that Dave Small is one of the true
> Wizards of the Atari world, and his Mac Emulator is one of the true wonders
> of the Atari world,  an Atari ST running a Mac Emulator still is  *NOT*
> the equivalent of a Mac...
>  
> There are still some things and some programs that the Spectre *cannot*
> handle... 
>  
> A "portable Macintosh" is a computer with a credibility factor...  an
> Atari that "sort of" emulates a Mac is an interesting curiosity.
>  
> BobR

I have to disagreee with Bob Retell. My ONLY complaint with the SPECTRE 128
has to do with the SLM804 printer driver. I have read and watched the Spectre
on GEnie for over a  year and,except for the SLM804 printer driver, the Spectre
is a fine product which is very compatible with the MAC SE product line.
Heck, Dave has even been able to add limited sound to the Spectre. And with the
new Stereo PCM sound in the 1040STE and the TT, Dave promises even better
Mac sound emulation. Just wait for Dave to port Spectre to the TT!!!! then you
can have a MacII also!!


So, the Spectgre is NOT 'an interesting curiosity'!!

I just wish that the Spectre could print out at 300 dpi on my SLM804. It can
do 144 dpi though, which is something. And not many Mac users have Atari laser
printers anyway.

I think that the STacy/GCR combination will be a big seller!!! At 1/3 the price
of a real Laptop Mac, it will cleanup!!!

Now, if only Atari can get the STacy out. GADGETS BY SMALL is shipping, according
to messages on GEnie, the GCR cartridge now!! So, all we need is for Atari to
start shipping the STacy!!

Richard (I do NOT speak for Atari or GADGETS BY SMALL) Covert