raf@PRC.Unisys.COM (Ralph A. Foy) (09/28/89)
From article <6389@watdcsu.waterloo.edu>, by bmaraldo@watdcsu.waterloo.edu (Commander Brett Maraldo): [...] >There seem > to be 3 systems worth considering when going he computer-MIDI route: IBM(and > clones), Mac, and Atari. [...] (uh oh... you knew this was gonna happen...) I dont want to start the ususal "my computer's better than your's" war... really! All I want to say is that I believe that the Commodore Amiga is well worth considering for computer-MIDI work. There is a growing number of excellent music software titles, and lots of satisfied Amiga owners. > Atari's are cheap: I bought a 512K 520ST used for $200Can and upgraded to > 4meg for an additional $1500 - a 4meg 8MHz 68000 machine with a windowed > operating system for $1700... that's not too bad. similar for the Amiga. I got a slightly used (only on sundays to church) 2000, 40 meg internal Hard Drive, 3 meg o' memory, two internal 880k floppies with a windowing operating system that is multi-tasking (8-) !!!) for $1600. that's not too bad either! > As for other software for the ST: a fast efficient C compiler, many > windowed word processors, lots of competent spread sheets, etc. The other > thing I like about the ST is that software is cheaper than for the PC's. similar for the Amiga. plus it has a multi-tasking operating system!!! 8-) seriously, take a look for yourself, and you may be quite impressed. DISCLAIMER: I do not work for Commodore (though would consider the possibility), I am only a satisfied owner. I am not a musician, just a computer-weenie who likes to pretend (hey, if musicans can get into computers via MIDI, why can't I try doing it the other way arround?) ralph ___________________________________________________________________________ Ralph A Foy UUCP: raf@burdvax.UUCP Unisys/Paoli Research Center ARPA: raf@prc.unisys.com PO Box 517 (215) 648-7324 (work) Paoli, PA 19301 (215) 431-2556 (home) ___________________________________________________________________________ "The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." -- Justice Louis B. Brandeis