juancho@dgp.toronto.edu (John Buchanan) (03/21/88)
It seems that We have spent a lot of time flaming atari lately.
I am interested in compiling a list of responses to the following two
questions about the st.
1) What is the smartest thing that atari has ever done?
2) (This is the one that you'll love) What is the stupidest thing
that atari has ever done.
Please answer the first question before you answer the second question.
I will try to compile some kind of list .
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My watch is better than yours. It has multitasking, windows and
plays Old macdonald has a farm. I will not listen to reason, of
course your watch is not as good as mine, in fact you are
silly for having bought it. Sell it and buy my kind.
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(416) 978-6619 Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A4rjung@sal6.usc.edu (Robert Jung) (03/22/88)
I didn't know whether to reply by e-mail or the net, and since I hate having my mail bounced (Editing the mailer line? Whuzzat?), I might as well send it here... In article <8803210203.AA26500@explorer.dgp.toronto.edu> juancho@dgp.toronto.edu (John Buchanan) writes: > It seems that We have spent a lot of time flaming atari lately. >I am interested in compiling a list of responses to the following two >questions about the st. > >1) What is the smartest thing that atari has ever done? Releasing the ST. A versatile machine, with a LOT of potential. >2) (This is the one that you'll love) What is the stupidest thing > that atari has ever done. Their continuing record of "announce something today, release it nine months from now" is my pet peeve. Blows credibility, makes us all look a tad silly, and gives lots of brilliant ideas to Apple/IBM/everyone else. If you're going to do something, do it *NOW*. >Please answer the first question before you answer the second question. >I will try to compile some kind of list . Maybe you can add it to Roy Good's 200+ comments/2 lines-a-comment list B-) --R.J. B-) P.S. I'd just also like to throw in the following line: Let's give Atari *SOME* credit. Considering that Atari Corp. has been only around for TWO years, they've done quite a bit. A chain of electronics store, a (semi?)solid computer line, some fairly nice profit levels, and more stability than two years ago, is a LOT to accomplish. Admittedly, not everything has been perfect, but hopefully things will change (the attentiveness of people like Roy Good and Alan Pratt to listen to our net.criticisms is nice... B-) ______________________________________________________________________________ Bitnet: rjung@castor.usc.edu "Who needs an Amiga?" = == = = == = Power WithOUT the Price = == = ===== == ===== Just because it's 8-bits doesn't make it obsolete. ==== == ====
wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) (03/26/88)
In article <8803210203.AA26500@explorer.dgp.toronto.edu>, juancho@dgp.toronto.edu (John Buchanan) writes:
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< My watch is better than yours. It has multitasking, windows and
< plays Old macdonald has a farm. I will not listen to reason, of
< course your watch is not as good as mine, in fact you are
< silly for having bought it. Sell it and buy my kind.
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< John W. Buchanan Dynamic Graphics Project
But John, my watch *DOES* have windows, and it does multi-tasking too!
(It has 5 alarms, a countdown timer, a stopwatch, day/date/year, etc).
Now, if I could only get it to sing "Old MacDonald," I'd be in watch
heaven. :-O
Wes Peters
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/ U i n T e c h \ - Schiller - obie!wesachowe@watmsg.waterloo.edu (CrackerJack) (03/29/88)
In article <91@obie.UUCP> wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) writes: >In article <8803210203.AA26500@explorer.dgp.toronto.edu>, juancho@dgp.toronto.edu (John Buchanan) writes: >< ===================================================================== >< | Typical conversation on comp.[atari|amiga|mac].* | >< ===================================================================== >< My watch is better than yours. It has multitasking, windows and >< plays Old macdonald has a farm. I will not listen to reason, of >< course your watch is not as good as mine, in fact you are >< silly for having bought it. Sell it and buy my kind. >< o / >< ====X================================================================ >< o \ >< John W. Buchanan Dynamic Graphics Project > >But John, my watch *DOES* have windows, and it does multi-tasking too! >(It has 5 alarms, a countdown timer, a stopwatch, day/date/year, etc). >Now, if I could only get it to sing "Old MacDonald," I'd be in watch >heaven. :-O > > Wes Peters Well while we're at it... My watch is *NOT* digital so will survive an EMF blast and it does *NOT* have windows but a csh (multi-tasking is an optional extra). It also supports... o regular hour & minute hand o 24 hr hand o 12 hr stop-watch o day / date (days are even written in French) o tachometer gauge o can endure 200m (!!!) water depth and 6 g's o self-winding (auto-boot feature) o scratch proof glass o pretty glow-in-the-dark arms and dots o AND the tick sound has a distinctive yodel to it Anyway, digital watches are for USERs. Real programmers... :) "Why are people born, why do people die, why do they spend so much of the intervining time wearing digital watches?" - Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy