HEIMBIG@WSUVM1.BITNET (Bruce Heimbigner) (06/11/88)
I'm planning on buying a Mega 2 ST. I'll be using this in my business
and for personal use. Other than general business applications I what
to be able to do my own flyers and manuals for my business, and I plan
to use the HP DeskJet. But I have some questions.
1- Are they (mega 2's) around to be bought (I haven't tryed yet)
2- Are they only sold directly through dealer. (ie can I buy one mail order,
and if its possible does any one have any suggestions on a mail order
place.?)
3- How long before the new roms? Just curious, I really cannot wait.
4- I'm going to buy the Atari hard disc (the one that fits nicely under
the machine). Does anyone have any eperience with this? or warning
against it?
5- Does anyone have any experience (or recommendations for something better)
with these software packages?:
WordUp- looks good but haven't seen a review
Logistix- spreadsheet (I think that was the name) was reviewed in
STart recently
which paint program? Degas Elite or Spectrum or ?. the extra colors in
Spectrum are of no value to me (other than gee whiz) unless I
can get shades on my printer.
If wordUp isn't capable enough I'll buy Publishing Partner too.
I'm pretty familiar with its capabilties and I know
they're about to ship a new release.
I'm pretty set on Zoomracks, I hate traditional (dbase style) databases.
Bye
Bruce Heimbigner
Email: Snail mail:
HEIMBIG@WSUVM1.bitnet N.W. 324 True Street
Pullman WA 99163-3347 (USA)
----"It's all very well in practice,
but in theory it just doesn't work."HEIMBIG@WSUVM1.BITNET (Bruce Heimbigner) (06/17/88)
I called Atari to determine a local dealer for the mega's, the closest
are a couple of hundred miles away. I'm used to that in Pullman, WA
but I expected Spokane (80 miles) would have them. instead Seattle area
was the closest (I hope that will change). Any how, I ordered a color
mega 2 (by phone i sure was'nt going to drive there). Acourding to the dealer
it has a blitter in it and that the new ones he's getting some do and
some don't have the blitter. Oh, by the way no-one tryed to sell me a
laser printer for it so i'm sure Atari isn't trying force the dealer to
buy one with every mega they buy. It's true you cannot get a mega mail
order. The dealers I talked (the ones that had megas) said the new
requirements weren't that much problem but the ones who were without
Megas did kinda bark about it.
I was able to do a little bargaining and I think got a fair price.
BUT, it was more than I thought I'ld be paying. It made the choice
between a Mac and ST more difficult but availble color, blitter, 2 meg,
compatilbity with MS-DOS discs (which they force me to use at work)
won out in the end. Another important factor was the cost of software
I plan to be legal and buy software that I use, this alone would have
made a Mac at LEAST $600 more expensive. (Yes, I know there is software
on the Mac that is more capable, but the gap is closeing ;)
Bye
Bruce Heimbigner
Email: Snail mail:
HEIMBIG@WSUVM1.bitnet N.W. 324 True Street
Pullman WA 99163-3347 (USA)
----"It's all very well in practice,
but in theory it just doesn't work."