psc@lzwi.UUCP (Paul S. R. Chisholm) (09/16/85)
Well, I finally found a ST-520 dealer. I'm not impressed with him,
anyway. He claimed to have only one demo disk, he wouldn't let me
put it in myself, and when my nine-year-old tried printing the screen
and halted the machine, he took the demo disk out. He didn't seem too
big on answering my questions, such as "Can you get a second disk
drive?" and "Do you know when GEM Write will be available?" (Yes and
no, respectively.) He seemed to think that the only software currently
available, aside from GEM itself, was some Infocom games.
So, two questions. First, does anyone know of any other ST dealers in
east central New Jersey? (If so, or if you want to know where this guy
is, *MAIL* don't post.)
____ ________ ____ ___ ____
More importantly, what software have you seen on shelves or in your
hands? Announcements, advertisements, and assurances of "Real Soon Now"
don't count. (Neither do beta test copies.)
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"Of *course* it's the murder weapon. Who would frame someone with a fake?"eve@ssc-bee.UUCP (Michael Eve) (09/17/85)
> Well, I finally found a ST-520 dealer. I'm not impressed with him, > anyway. He claimed to have only one demo disk, he wouldn't let me > put it in myself, and when my nine-year-old tried printing the screen > and halted the machine, he took the demo disk out. He didn't seem too > big on answering my questions... If this is Atari's new approach to selective dealers, lets go back to selling through Toy'R'Us. There you can get a good price, take the machine home, play with it a couple of days, and , IF YOU DON'T LIKE it, take it back for a complete refund (try that with a "full-service" dealer). I haven't yet found a computer dealer worth his commission. -- Mike Eve Boeing Aerospace, Seattle ...uw-beaver!ssc-vax!ssc-bee!eve
sheets@uiucdcsp.Uiuc.ARPA (09/18/85)
/* Written 11:02 pm Sep 15, 1985 by psc@lzwi.UUCP in uiucdcsp:net.micro.atari */
/* ---------- "First look at ST-520 (any software" ---------- */
Well, I finally found a ST-520 dealer. I'm not impressed with him,
anyway. He claimed to have only one demo disk, he wouldn't let me
put it in myself, and when my nine-year-old tried printing the screen
and halted the machine, he took the demo disk out. He didn't seem too
big on answering my questions, such as "Can you get a second disk
drive?" and "Do you know when GEM Write will be available?" (Yes and
no, respectively.) He seemed to think that the only software currently
available, aside from GEM itself, was some Infocom games.
So, two questions. First, does anyone know of any other ST dealers in
east central New Jersey? (If so, or if you want to know where this guy
is, *MAIL* don't post.)
____ ________ ____ ___ ____
More importantly, what software have you seen on shelves or in your
hands? Announcements, advertisements, and assurances of "Real Soon Now"
don't count. (Neither do beta test copies.)
--
-Paul S. R. Chisholm The above opinions are my own,
{pegasus,vax135}!lzwi!psc not necessarily those of any
{mtgzz,ihnp4}!lznv!psc telecommunications company.
(*sigh* ihnp4!lzwi!psc does *NOT* work!!! Use above paths.)
"Of *course* it's the murder weapon. Who would frame someone with a fake?"
/* End of text from uiucdcsp:net.micro.atari */Shiffman@GODZILLA.SCH.SYMBOLICS.COM (Hank Shiffman) (09/18/85)
Date: 16 Sep 85 04:02:31 GMT
From: ihnp4!lzwi!psc@Berkeley (Paul S. R. Chisholm)
More importantly, what software have you seen on shelves or in your
hands? Announcements, advertisements, and assurances of "Real Soon Now"
don't count. (Neither do beta test copies.)
--
My local dealer has had the Express package (a primitive text processor/
terminal emulator/whatever) for a few weeks. They got the Infocom stuff
in about a week ago, along with a version of the Mince text editor.davecl@orca.UUCP (Dave Clemans) (09/18/85)
520ST software that I have seen in stores: From Mark of the Unicorn: MINCE emacs-like editor PC/Intercomm VT100 emulator, xmodem, kermit, etc. HEX arcade like strategy game From Infocom: Wishbringer adventure type games Zork 1 Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy From Mirage: Express simple word processor, mailing list, mail merge, etc. From Michtron: Mudpies arcade like game From SST Systems: Chat simple terminal emulator, xmodem I also saw a note on the Compuserve Atari SIG last night that some stores have started receiving the Haba C compiler in the last day or so. dgc
ekijak@ARDC.ARPA (Edmund S. Kijak, POINT) (09/19/85)
I'd have to agree - nothing beats being able to try the machine out for a few days knowing you have nothing to lose if you are disappointed. Also, I don't know why Atari bothered to make a special version of the machine for the mass marketers, why not just sell the same 520 ST as the computer stores?