[comp.sys.atari.st] Questions about the STE

eric@castle.ed.ac.uk (E S Fraga) (03/29/90)

Hello!

I am suddenly in the market for a new computer (my five year old
520ST is somewhere in N. America...) and am thinking of getting a
4 Meg 520 STE (mail order prices on the order of 750 pounds
sterling including mono monitor, much much cheaper than a Mega 4
-- I'll put up with the non-detachable keyboard for the
difference in price :-).

I have a couple of questions for those people that may actually
have one of these beasts (expanded or not) in terms of
compatibility.  I am planning on using:

	gulam
	gcc
	GNU emacs
	Sozobon C
	TeX (any version)
	Minix
and	Uniterm.

(talk about impressive assortment of "free" software! [except
Minix, of course!)

Has anybody had any problems using any of these with an STE?  If
so, what kind of problems?

I'd like to hear from anybody that has tried any of the above on
an STE, whether it worked or not.  Please email and I'll
summarize for the net.

Also, what would people suggest as the best buy (based on quality
and price) for a reasonably large (60-100 Mb) hard disc in the
UK? 

Thanks,
eric

PS - I don't care about Atari's financial situation. :-)

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