+-+-+-+› Reprinted from XIO3 the  GARDEN  CITY› ACE-CANADA Jul/Aug '93 NEWSLETTER, by› THE   OL'   HACKERS   AUG,  NY,  with› THANKS.›› THE BEST COMPUTER by DOUGLAS SKRECKY››      What's better a  486  powerhouse› with  8  Megs  of ram, a 100 Meg hard› disk, Super VGA monitor and  a  Laser› Printer....... or an Atari 800XL with› a   Panasonlic   1080   Dot    Matrix› Printer?........›      Before  a tidal wave of laughter› erupts, perhaps we should  weigh  the› merits    of    these   two   choices› objectively just in case the  obvious› winner  should  prove to be have feet› of clay.›      What  can  an  Atari  800XL  do?› Well,  you  and  a  friend could play› Angleworm with it, which just happens› to  be  the  best  public  domain two› player game ever invented. ›      What can a 486 do? If  you  were› an  accountant  you  could play Dbase› IV, which I hear is lots of  fun  for› these  people,  but unfortunately not› for anyone else. The Atari can run an› excellent  PD shoot-em-up game called› Gauntlet. The 486  can  help  you  to› balance your checkbook, which is real› easy seeing that it would be empty if› you  bought a 486. The Atari can help› you rattle off a letter to a  friend.› The 486 can help you go broke running› your   very  own  desktop  publishing› business, provided you can master the› 500 page manual first.›      Perhaps  all  this  is  a rather› unfair   comparison  because  of  the› large price  difference  between  the› two  choices.  A fairer contest would› be between packages of  equal  value.› So,  lets throw in a used Ford Fiesta› with the 486 and compare that  to  an› Atari  package  with   an   expensive› sports  car  that   the   babes   are› sorta...... partial to.›      And  the  winner in this contest› is ... I have just  been  handed  the› envelope  and  I  am  now  opening it› ..........a   hush   desends  on  the› crowd, and......... ›      The winner is Atari, just as  we› expected all all long. No surprise.›             -+-+-+-››