cciolori@telesci.UUCP (Christopher Ciolorito) (01/16/90)
It has been a long time since I have worked seriously with my ST. I got mine back in like '85 and I actually had to boot TOS from disk! (Now that's an old ST) When I went to college, it was mandatory to buy a Macintosh (I attend Drexel U. in Philadelphia). This is one of the reasons I haven't used my ST in a while. Actually having used the Mac extensively for about 2 or 3 years, I have to admit that I still have a yearning for the ST. The ST is just a great machine! And for the price, you can't beat it. There were many things about the Mac I liked(like a ton of FREE software put out by Drexel),but I would much rather use the ST. It just beats the Mac hands down in just about everything but market distribution. I am still annoyed at the fact that there is no authorized dealer in my area.(I reside in Atlantic City, NJ) It has been 4 or 5 YEARS since I bought my ST and still no dealer! But there is something about that ST that I love. (Besides I buy everything mail order anyway...cheaper!) This brings me to the point of this posting. When I bought my ST way back a million years ago, everybody told me I was crazy because Atari would be out of business in like maybe a year. And they are still saying it! Give me a break...5 years have past and my ST is still humming along mighty fine. And Atari is still in business. I love the way these people give these stock quotes and use them as a basis for saying Atari is going out of business. That's EXACTLY the same thing they were doing 5 years ago, too. The way the stock market is today, it is no indication. SO please shut up! ST users are sick of hearing this! If you have some useful stock info...fine, but don't come off saying that because Atari has a quarterly loss they are doomed. Back in 1985 there were many people and analysts(analysts aren't people) who predicted Atari and the Tramiels would NEVER pull it off...but they did, and are still going. And I wish them the best of luck in the future. Thank you Atari..for listening! I paid only $700.00 for my 520 when I got it...as compared to $1800.00 for my Mac SE. The ST is as good or better than the SE, and this comes from someone who has used both machines a lot.(And who likes his Mac) Anyway, since I have been out of things on the ST for a while, could someone give me some info on some descent software. I am looking for a couple of good programming languages..C and COBOL...some word processor stuff...games..data base..etc.. Chris
MALCOLM@tower-vax.city-poly.ac.UK (01/18/90)
Christopher Ciolorito writes: > I am looking for a couple of good programming languages..C and > COBOL... Isn't this an oxymoron? Well, 0.5... -- JANET: malcolm@uk.ac.clp Elsewhere: malcolm@clp.ac.uk