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- From: aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys)
- Subject: Re: Atari
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- Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 22:44:20 GMT
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- In a previous article, dac@ukc.ac.uk (D.A.Clear) says:
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- >In article <1992Aug14.124301.17713@pellns.alleg.edu> heidelj@alleg.edu (Jason Heideloff) writes:
- >>But that is another good point to bring up. Why does Atari always seem to
- >>try and produce things so that they are cheaply priced? I think that
- >>people are turned off by lowly priced computers, especially from Atari
- >>anyway. I don't think the Power Without The Price motto can survive much
- >>longer.
- >
- >I'm sorry, I don't agree. If I want a more expensive machine - a more
- >`serious' machine, if you like, then I will buy a PC - the industry
- >standard home computer. However, what I want is a hobbyist machine
- >whose operating system and users are constantly growing, developing and
- >improving, whilst still delivering the power to run the applications I
- >need; so I will opt for an Atari.
- >
- >Myself, I am very impressed with the specs/price ratio so far. I do
- >feel a little let down by the 16MHz clock speed. I will pay for 32MHz
- >and fast memory in the Falcon. I'm sorry to say I will not be buying
- >a 16MHz Falcon.
- >
- >--
- >David Clear Phone: +44 227 764000 x7620
- >Systems Group Email: dac@ukc.ac.uk
- >Computing Laboratory Fax: +44 227 762811
- >University of Kent at Canterbury, UK witty_quote: No such file or directory
- >
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- I don't think people realize how fast a Motorola 16 MHz CPU is
- compared to an Intel 20 Mhz CPU. It is pretty fast!
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- Also, the 32 MHz DSP should speed things up.
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- SPEED is different in different machines...
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