templon@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (jeffrey templon) (04/19/91)
Hope this is the right place to post. The upper-level group (atari.st) seemed to be reserved for the fervent discussion of 'demos'. I am thinking about getting an ST machine. The reasons are 1) wanting to stay away from Intel architecture, 2) the ST runs Minix and 3) these things seem to be unbelievably cheap. I am asking for opinions about the machine, running Minix on it, things you like / dislike, etc. Some particulars: - I have minix running on the Mac at the moment - how does ST minix compare with Macminix? I would think it would be faster, since mac minix has to run as an application rather than an OS. - what is the native ST interface like (not minix, but this GEM thingy) compared to the Mac? - what is the minimum configuration I'll likely be able to get away with? I am eyeing starting out with a 520 - 512k and a monochrome monitor, with some sort of HD. I am used to having 2.5 Meg of RAM and 60 Meg HD on my Mac. It seems like Atari stuff should need less space from what I have heard. For anyone wanting to ask, 'why not stick with your mac?', i'll just say that the Mac and I have to part for technical reasons! i have thought about getting one of the new macs (the LC, say) but this seems a little dumb when there are these ST's selling for well under $1000, especially the used ones. Thanks for any email you might send. Jeff Templon