Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!sri-unix!sri-spam!ames!hao!noao!mcdsun!nud!rover!mph From: mph@rover.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.atari.st,rec.music.synth Subject: Re: Atari ST or Amiga ? Help ! Message-ID: <738@rover.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Dec-87 18:50:46 EST Article-I.D.: rover.738 Posted: Fri Dec 4 18:50:46 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 9-Dec-87 06:20:59 EST References: <1226@edison.GE.COM> <3730@trwrb.UUCP> Reply-To: mph@rover.UUCP (Mark Huth) Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Az. Lines: 29 Keywords: Which one ? Xref: utgpu comp.sys.cbm:875 comp.sys.atari.st:6185 rec.music.synth:1856 In article <3730@trwrb.UUCP> gibson@trwrb.dsd.trw.com.UUCP (Gregory S. Gibson) writes: >In article <1226@edison.GE.COM> mfs@edison.GE.COM (Martin Sant) writes: >>Hello fellow computer persons! >> >>I am C-64 owner looking to buy another computer. I have been looking >>at both the Atari ST and Amiga. For the life of me I cannot figure > >I read a review in Keyboard magazine that compared several micros for midi. >At that time(about 2 months ago) the author felt the best midi micro was >the Mac and the ST would probably become the Micro Midi of choice because Well, as an Amiga owner and occasional developer, let me put my two cents worth in. Currently, the Atari machines have more software - they have been around longer and were less expensive. The new Amiga 500 probably are comparable in price. The multi-tasking in the Amiga does not neeed to interfer with Amiga midi performance, although bozo software hacks who have written some of the currently available Amiga software definitely do interfer with performance. The Amiga is somewhat more machine than the ST and probably will be better for expansion over time. If you just want to buy other people's stuff then get an Atari or Mac. If you would like to develop your own software, the Amiga has far more potential - it is a more difficult machine to program, however. Mark Huth