chuck@UMBC2.UMBC.EDU ("Chuck Rickard; ", PC) (05/21/89)
During my weekly stroll through the local magazine store, I just happened to
pick up a copy of Antic's Amiga Magazine. Wow, was I shocked! It was not the
articles that shook me, but the abundancy of hardware products advertised for
the Amiga. There were numerous sound and video digitizers, CPU accelerator
boards, and at least 4 different Genlocking products. The software looked
equally as amazing. They had 3D development systems that had output that
blew CAD-3D right off its disk! The graphics on the Amiga seem to encourage
all these great products, and the expandability of the 2000 and 2500 seem to
make hardware even better.
My point of this message is simple. In the future of Atari, is there going to
be any real expandability? Are all the ST and Mega people going to be left
with a pile of wires going to multiple boxes with all sorts of fancy upgrades
that should be inside the computer? Why can't there be an ST with 4 or 5
slots inside for real expansion? Another box for another upgrade is just plain
stupid! Granted, The ST is VERY powerful, but to get all of its power, you
have to have an octopus of hardware laying all over your desk!
What's wrong with an IBM style case?
Chuck Rickard
UMBC Academic Computing
<CHUCK@UMBC>rcc9885@ultb.UUCP (R.C. Costello) (05/22/89)
I notice a lot of people complaining about the expandabilty of the ST. I, for one, a glad that the mega has the small footprint that it does, if it was any bigger, it wouldn't fit on my desk. As for expansion, the ST already comes with all the average user needs. The only thing I can see adding to my system in the near future is Spectre GCR, and don't see how slots would have made this upgrade much different. Basicaly, you get what you pay for, and I like what I got, and I didn't pay all that much! Robert Costello RCC9885@ritvax.binet