Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!marque!carroll1!dnewton From: dnewton@carroll1.UUCP (Dave 'Yes, I'm weird' Newton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Portable Mac vs STACY Message-ID: <680@carroll1.UUCP> Date: 30 Sep 89 02:11:13 GMT References: <2122@kodak.UUCP> <1270@ultb.UUCP> Reply-To: dnewton@carroll1.UUCP (Dave 'Yes, I'm weird' Newton) Distribution: na Organization: Carroll College-Waukesha, WI Lines: 22 In article <1270@ultb.UUCP> clf3678@ultb.UUCP (C.L. Freemesser) writes: >Atari is in an excellent position. You have a portable ST with all the >features of this Mac portable. You have the Spectre GCR by Dave Small, >an EXCELLENT Mac emulator. Put them together, and you have a portable >Mac for 1/3 the price Apple wants. No, you _don't_ have all the features of the Mac portable--it's still lacking the AppleTalk/LocalTalk port. Until Atari or someone comes up with a reasonably fast bridge, I seriously doubt people will _really_ look seriously at one of these, at least in a college environment. I have tried to talk people into buying ST's with GCR as a cheap Mac alternative, but without the AppleTalk, they don't fit in to our scheme of things. So until then, my school at least won't be ordering scads of them to use as portable Macs. -- David L. Newton | dnewton@carroll1.UUCP | Quote courtesy of (414) 524-7343 (work) | dnewton@carroll1.cc.edu | Marie Niechwiadowicz, (414) 524-6809 (home) | 100 NE Ave, Waukesha, WI 53186 | Boston College. [Q]: How many surrealists does it take to screw in a light bulb? [A]: The fish.