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- From: boblu@tekgen.bv.tek.com (Robert Luneski)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Thank you Darek for your support of the ST
- Message-ID: <1216@tekgen.bv.tek.com>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 16:15:49 GMT
- Organization: Tektronix, Inc.
- Lines: 54
-
- What follows is a message posted by Darek Mihocka to comp.sys.mac.misc,
- comp.sys.ibm.pc, and comp.sys.amiga.
-
- ->Article: 33036 of comp.sys.mac.misc
- ->Path: tekgen!zephyr.ens.tek.com!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!darekm
- ->From: darekm@microsoft.com (Darek Mihocka)
- ->Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.amiga
- ->Subject: Atari Falcons $799... WHO CARES! Just emulate it.
- ->Message-ID: <1992Sep02.184109.8805@microsoft.com>
- ->Date: 2 Sep 92 18:41:09 GMT
- ->Organization: BraSoft
- ->Lines: 33
- ->Xref: tekgen comp.sys.mac.misc:33036 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:28758
-
- ->The $799 Falcon, who cares! Atari has a long history of announcing vaporware
- ->and then either never releasing the product, releasing it in extremely
- ->small quantities (to be able to claim that they shipped it), or they ship
- ->it either severly crippled or at a much higher price.
-
- ->Their most recent blunders include the Atari TT (the crippled 68030 machine
- ->that barely outperforms a 16 Mhz 68000), the ST Book (the notebook that never
- ->was), and the "under $1000 68030 machine" Falcon. Notice that the $799 price
- ->is for a 1 meg machine with no hard disk. Gee, that's a throwback to the
- ->1986 days of the 1040ST! If you want a useful computer with 4 meg, a hard disk
- ->and a nice monitor, well, Atari says you'll have to fork over much MORE than
- ->the $1000. You can't even use Atari's laser printer with 1 meg machines.
-
- ->So, once again Atari has shot themselves in the foot by releasing an overpriced
- ->piece of technology that's already obsolete because they took so long to
- ->release it.
-
- ->Give me a few months to
- ->add 68030 emulation and you'll have yourself a Falcon emulator. Don't waste
- ->your money on the real thing and hell, why even lose sleep over it. Chances are
- ->slim that you'll see Falcons flooding dealer shelves any time soon.
-
-
- ->- Darek
-
- ->
- ->/--------------------------------------------------------------------------\
- ->| Darek Mihocka, BraSoft, 14150 NE 20th St., Unit 302, Bellevue, WA 98007. |
- ->| Creator of Gemulator, Quick ST, and Xformer. Views expressed are my own. |
- ->\--------------------------------------------------------------------------/
-
- Thankyou very much Darek for promoting the ST in such a positive light to other
- computer owners. Your sincere efforts to develop software that realizes the
- full capabilities of the ST and to share your love and respect for the
- machine with the world are greatly appreciated. They are sure to result
- in a healthy growing ST community.
-
- Thank you,
-
- - Bob Luneski
-