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- From: 01mbmccabe@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Porky pig.
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.021216.13462@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 11 Jan 93 07:12:16 GMT
- References: <5JAN93.09425752@cc4.crl.aecl.ca><C0Furt.I67@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, <H.ea.0kgtRS0BsQs@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>
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- In article <H.ea.0kgtRS0BsQs@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca>, cherborth@semprini.tdkcs.waterloo.on.ca (Chris Herborth) writes:
- > In <1iobpvINN79q@golem.wcc.govt.nz>, Steve Wells writes:
- >> > OS/2 2.x? NeXTstep '486 (when it comes out)?
- >>
- >> And what are the minimum system requirements for that!? How much RAM
- >> does it Need!?
- >
- > Well, from what I've heard, OS/2 and Windows both need the RAM/hard
- > drive space that is standard in every PC sold these days... 4M RAM, an
- > 80M hard drive. They both work better with more RAM/disk.
- >
- >> The ST's GEM environment is on ROM chips, so is faster, requires under
- >> 200k of RAM (not sure about newer versions). And doesn't NEED a Hard
- >> Drive to run!!
- >
- > So? After buying a hard drive (well, four of them), I'll neer use a
- > computer without one again... why should I? Everything I do is much
- > faster because of them. And MANY things I do would be impossible
- > without them. Can you even _load_ GNU C++ on a "standard" 1M ST?
-
- My thoughts to that point (thinking more generally) are that MOST people don't
- NEED to program in GNU C++. This places a hard-drive back into the nice-but-
- still-a-luxury catagory. Sorry, it's still $$ (and a maybe a smattering of
- nostalgia) that holds me out of the clone-realm. I'll probably cross the
- threshhold some time after a hard-drive for this ST costs more than a complete
- clone system. And that's not likely to happen soon.
-
- > OS/2 2.1 beta on CD-ROM for $15 apparently... $15 in a $1500-$2000
- > system isn't exactly noticable...
-
- I believe someone said something about that being a beta copy, or unliscenced
- or something. Of course pirating is not so unfamiliar to many clone users.
-
-
- Anywho, it sounds like you're on the right track. Buy what you need. Use
- will-power. Buy only what you need. The clone-realm is prone to draw a man to
- gadget hell. Look at them, look at what Atari can do, look at what MAC can do.
- Good luck!
-
-
- -Matt
-