dzenc@hermes.ai.mit.edu (Daniel Zenchelsky) (04/06/89)
In article <2765@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> walshm@sun.soe!clutx.clarkson.edu.UUCP writes: [History of Atari 400/800 deleted] >The design integrity and poor screen output show that Commodore's adaptation ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >of Pliner's design was only a patchwork job used to get the computer out as ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >soon as possible to compete with the Atari ST's. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > While I agree with your history of Atari and the 400/800, I have to disagree with your statements about the Amiga. First off, I own *MANY* computers, and while its true I do not own an ST, I do own an Amiga, and I know that it does not have "poor screen output." But that is very subjective, so I will not argue about it. What I will argue about, however are the facts. Atari rushed out the ST to compete with the Amiga (albiet after they turned it down.) The Amiga was in no way a rush job to compete with the ST. Please get your facts straight before you make false accusations. I don't want to start a war, but I couldn't just sit back while mis-information was posted. I have no reason to believe you did it on purpose, but I wanted to correct it in any case. >I think its a shame that ATARI was run by Warner the way it was, or else >they might have taken the AMIGA and came out with a machine way ahead of its >time. ALAS!!! > > __ _ _ _ __ _ __ _ 209 Olson Aint' seen nothing like him >/ / \ |\/| | / \ | | | |\ Clarkson U in any amusement hall, >| | |-| | | |- | | \ / |- |/ Potsdam,NY he is the master MATT WALSH >`-| | | | | |_ \_/ \/ |_ |\ 315-268-2052 AKA KING OF PINBALL -Dan +-----------------------------------------------------------+ | ______ | | || |o| Daniel Zenchelsky -- dzenc@hermes.ai.mit.edu | | ||___| | | | | _ | "Yes, but every time I try to see things your | | \_[]_|_| way, I get a headache." | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------+