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- From: bossoj@nuge101.its.rpi.edu (Joseph Charles Bossolini)
- Subject: ADVOCACY Re: A1200
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- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
- References: <1993Jan22.150322.2869@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 16:22:04 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.150322.2869@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>, leo@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Leo Hendry) writes:
- |> This is not meant to start a flame war, and it is probably best to resist from
- |> following up if at-all possible.
- |> I thought a few ST users (and would be Falcon users) would be interested to
- |> know that there are several problems with the A1200.
- |> 1) The modulators have a habit of failing after an hours use. One guy
- |> in c.s.a.h is on his 4th because of this problem, and several others have had
- |> more than one replaced. As far as I know this problem has not been ironed out
- |> yet.
- |> 2) Misc. display glitches. These appear on all machines when using
- |> certain monitors and the problem looks here to stay.
- |> 3) Under-powered PSUs. Some early ones cannot handle HDs.
- |> 4) Keyboard problems. This appears to be a serious problem, which
- |> might not be fixable. Symptoms are keys sometimes not responding and keys
- |> registered as pressed after one pressed later is. This basically means you
- |> can't use the machine for wordprocessing unless you can't type.
- |>
- |> The other problems I reported earlier seem to have been fixed now.
- |>
- |> - Leo
-
- I also do not want to start a flame war, but let me put in my two cents
- (since everyone else seems to have already put theirs in!!!):
-
- I think Atari should make sure all the Falcon's coming off the assembly line
- work 100% (which is why there is a delay, I have been told!) so they won't
- end up with the problem that seems to be occuring with the A1200.
-
- I think it is better to release a _rock solid_ product late, than to release
- a faulty product early; Then the public will know your products work
- but only expect them to be shipped later than announced.
- (i.e. which is the lesser of the two evils...)
-
- Joe
-