Article-I.D.: unmg.342
Posted: Fri Dec 13 08:29:52 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 18-Dec-85 02:45:40 EST
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Organization: University Of New Mexico Computing Center, Albuquerque, NM
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Xref: watmath net.micro.amiga:1154 net.micro.atari:1992

Ok all you 520st enthusiasts, its time to stop dreaming.  The atari
st is an incredible low end home computer.  But it is NOT an Amiga.
Sure, with some very difficult assembly language code (counting cycles!
egad!) - you can copy the bouncing ball, but if anyone seriously thinks 
a ST can match up to the Amiga, they are crazy.  

I don't own either machine, and probably never will, however I have
researched both.  Both have merits of their own, but they are two
completely different machines.  The Amiga is a better computer, flat
out, and it also costs twice as much.  Which is better for the money?
I don't know, but I am tired of hearing atari salesmen, and atari
owners, blabbing that the ST is "the same thing as an Amiga".  That
quote came directly from an atari salesman.  

I am not about to list features, but if this letter makes you red, grab
the specs for both machines and see for yourself.  No comparison.