drs@bnl.UUCP (David R. Stampf) (08/27/87)
For those who haven't seen it, the latest COMPUTE! has an interview with Leonard Tramiel who was asked "Is that [IBM] emulator ever going to come out? Is it important?" His answer was "I don't think it's that important. ... The cost of a hardware emulator is not going to be a heck of a lot less than a clone. ... I think something what's more important is something which is one of our corporate best-kept secrets. If you take a 3-1/2 inch disk from an IBM PC Convertible, you can read it on an ST." <<FLAME ON>> Great - Next, we will find out that GDOS is not that important, the 40 folder bug is not that important, documentation is not that important, the blitter is not that important and (of course) the IBM emulator is not that important -- BUT look at the good news! At least we can all read 3-1/2 inch diskettes from the IBM &^*@! converible. I don't think I will spend a nickle more on anything that makes those people richer. They make apple look like a benevolent company. In fact, I think I'll start looking for one of those new macs .... <<FLAME OFF>> At least it wasn't the Brooklyn Bridge. < dave
bryan@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM (Bryan Ivey) (09/01/87)
In article <42@bnl.UUCP> drs@bnl.UUCP (David R. Stampf) writes: >... I think >something what's more important is something which is one of our corporate >best-kept secrets. If you take a 3-1/2 inch disk from an IBM PC Convertible, >you can read it on an ST." > Best Kept Secrets????? One of the reasons I installed a 3 1/2" drive in my AT is so that I could transfer News DIRECTLY to a media the ST could access rather than using direct connect Kermit-to-Kermit TRANSFER from 360K 5 1/4"!!!!! I agree! Bring on the documentation and something closer to the Unix / Xenix / OS9 type operating system, Atari! OS9 in ROM (drool, drool)! Bryan Ivey
btb@ncoast.UUCP (Brad Banko) (09/04/87)
In article <1468@galbp.LBP.HARRIS.COM> bryan@galbp.UUCP (Bryan Ivey) writes: >In article <42@bnl.UUCP> drs@bnl.UUCP (David R. Stampf) writes: >>... I think >>something what's more important is something which is one of our corporate >>best-kept secrets. If you take a 3-1/2 inch disk from an IBM PC Convertible, >>you can read it on an ST." >> > >Best Kept Secrets????? One of the reasons I installed a 3 1/2" drive in >my AT is so that I could transfer News DIRECTLY to a media the ST could >access rather than using direct connect Kermit-to-Kermit TRANSFER from >360K 5 1/4"!!!!! > > >I agree! Bring on the documentation and something closer to the Unix / >Xenix / OS9 type operating system, Atari! OS9 in ROM (drool, drool)! > >Bryan Ivey Any long time Atari owner knows that you don't wait for Atari to bring out anything more than the (excellent) hardware... If you want Unix on your ST, buy Mark Williams C for the pittance of $180 or so (may be much lower in your area)..., microemacs, diff, make, etc., etc., etc. a shell that supports piping and redirection, Unix calls in C, full support for TOS and GEM... mwc even comes with qsort, shellsort and bessel functions in the libraries. Brad Banko ...!decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!btb Columbus/Cleveburg, Ohio -- Brad Banko Cleveland, Ohio ...!decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!btb "The only thing we have to fear on this planet is man." -- Carl Jung, 1875-1961