ravi@eneevax.UUCP (Ravi Kulkarni) (09/27/85)
In article <1112@sdcsvax.UUCP> jww@sdcsvax.UUCP (Joel West) writes: >My main complaint was the ad with the American flag (e.g. Infoworld cover, >8/19/85) with the big letters "America -- We built it for you." > >Last time I checked, Atari had moved all its manufacturing overseas. >So while they want to appeal to patriotism to buy it, they have >no interest in returning the favor when building it. I am not in favor of hype in advertising, but just to offer some balance. I saw an interview with Jack Tramiel where he said he was using existing facilities in taiwan to build the ST. He claimed that labor accounted for only 2% of the cost to build the ST and that 75% of the parts were made in the usa. The actual design of the ST based on the schematics is by Atari, Japan. -ravi P.S. The atari ST and commodore amiga are not toys and in many ways are superior to the "toys" some business types use. -- ARPA: eneevax!ravi@maryland UUCP: [seismo,allegra]!umcp-cs!eneevax!ravi
jons@islenet.UUCP (Jonathan Spangler) (10/02/85)
In article <372@eneevax.UUCP> ravi@eneevax.UUCP (Ravi Kulkarni) writes: >In article <1112@sdcsvax.UUCP> jww@sdcsvax.UUCP (Joel West) writes: >>My main complaint was the ad with the American flag (e.g. Infoworld cover, >>8/19/85) with the big letters "America -- We built it for you." >> >>Last time I checked, Atari had moved all its manufacturing overseas. >>So while they want to appeal to patriotism to buy it, they have >>no interest in returning the favor when building it. If this is all you can complain about, them I say you have very little to say at all. Speaking along those lines, where do you think IBM gets their "machines" (intentional quotes). Certainly not from the good ol' USA... try Taiwan. Also, speaking of adds, has anyone seen the absolutely ridiculous Amiga add? See discussion on net.micro.amiga and then we can talk about "slimy" & ineffective advertising. I probably should have *flamed* this! Aloha, Jonathan Spangler {ihnp4,vortex,dual}!islenet!jons
ekijak@ARDC.ARPA (Edmund S. Kijak, POINT) (10/04/85)
To: tektronix!tek!ds!davidl@ucb-vax.berkeley.edu I agree about showing the color monitor yet quoting the monochrome price, it's sneaky. Also one of my pet peeves is the lack of square pixels as you pointed out. I can understand not using square pixels if the screen shows text only, but once text and graphics are mixed, or for graphics only, it's a nuisance not to have square pixels.