Are you sure you want to use the words "throwing up" and "bbs" in the same sentence? <smile> ... From: "K. Spress" <pokeyboy@...> To:...
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Paul Lester
plester613
Dec 27, 2002 11:50 pm
I think that Atari did themselves in as well. IMHO, it was far superior to the PC, especially in the are of MIDI and in its GUI. The Atari suffered from one...
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David Jackson
Atari_X
Dec 28, 2002 5:15 am
Nothing would please me more than to have an Atari (updated to the current times, of course) sitting on my desk instead of the machine I have. The Atari...
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Justin Morris
phaserzen
Dec 28, 2002 11:25 am
... just ... it's ... Don't even get me started on this :P It could just come down to the fact that we're old farts, but I would much rather have -my- Amiga...
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David Jackson
Atari_X
Dec 28, 2002 1:20 pm
The machines were just so much more personable then, versus now. And when I sit down and imagine what Amiga or Atari would have done with the last 15-20 years...
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Paul Lester
plester613
Dec 28, 2002 3:07 pm
David, nothing weird about it. I miss those days too. It's funny to see the PC finally get some of the things that I had available on my Atari eons ago. I...
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KSyster@...
Dec 28, 2002 11:46 pm
<A HREF="http://tao.com/">Click here: Practical Computer Services</A> is this the pc board info that someone was looking for? it has that bordello game on it ...
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Jeff Mitchell
coogfoo
Dec 29, 2002 2:29 am
... It wasn't the name/branding.. it was Atari and the Tramiels. They shot the retailers so many times most stores were afraid to carry Atari hard and...
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Jeff Mitchell
coogfoo
Dec 29, 2002 2:36 am
... It has to be said. I'm an Atari lover from way back, and I *do* have an ST on the side of my desk still.. but TOS and GEM were *bad* ;) Try them now and...
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Paul Lester
plester613
Dec 29, 2002 2:49 am
Jeff, have you tried this place? http://www.kingx.com/kingx/medusa/thes.html It looks as though they still make Atari clones, etc. Paul ... From: Jeff Mitchell...
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Paul Lester
plester613
Dec 29, 2002 3:03 am
If you want to see some unbelievable Atari demos written in Javascript, go here: http://www.elmar-wisotzki.de/ ... From: Jeff Mitchell To:...
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Jeff Mitchell
coogfoo
Dec 29, 2002 4:07 am
... Yeah, I emailed them twice in the last year or two and got no reply :( I'd love to get a nice Atari machine and run Unix on it.. scare a lot of folks I...
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Jeff Mitchell
coogfoo
Dec 29, 2002 4:13 am
... Wow, this guy is a freak :) I've been thinking of writing some old "skul" demos and this guy has done it! jeff -- "It's murder out there. You can't even...
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Gene Buckle
tspec2k
Dec 29, 2002 4:22 am
... I have to agree with you. These days, it's all cookie-cutter hardware. You've got a choice of two archetectures(sp!), Mac or PC. Sure, the OS can be...
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Jeff Mitchell
coogfoo
Dec 29, 2002 4:40 am
... Consider: The Amiga and the ST .. you had no choices of hardware or operating system. (OKay, you can get netbsd and linux for recent Atari machines, but...
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Jason Scott
textfilesdotcom
Dec 29, 2002 10:28 am
Hi. I'm sure everyone was just holding their breath to wait for me to weigh in to THIS one (or weigh in with anything, I suppose): The conversation seemed to...
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Garry Stahl
tesral
Dec 29, 2002 10:58 am
... Check this out. http://phoenixinn.iwarp.com/amiga.html This is the same computer I did my BBS calling on in the early 90s, or at least some of it is. I...
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David Jackson
Atari_X
Dec 29, 2002 9:13 pm
Whenever I think of the older hardware, I never try to compare it with modern hardware. I do, however, compare the design paradigms with the design paradigms...
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hiba_old
Dec 30, 2002 12:12 pm
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wgungfu <wgungfu@....
wgungfu
Jan 2, 2003 2:40 am
... to ... message). Atari ... loyalist). They ... As someone who is currently interviewing one of the Tramiels for a book on Atari I've been writing, I'd...
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wgungfu <wgungfu@....
wgungfu
Jan 2, 2003 2:50 am
... GUI. ... would ... They ... Atari ... salesman ... screwed ... didn't have ... than ... computer ... Actually, Atari did have the money to do the necessary...
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wgungfu <wgungfu@....
wgungfu
Jan 2, 2003 2:53 am
... scare a ... There was an actual version of Unix System V (licensed by Atari Corp.) that was released in the early 90's. I see it for auction on Ebay every...
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wgungfu <wgungfu@....
wgungfu
Jan 2, 2003 3:02 am
... hardware ... Atari ... There was also MutliTos and several others. ... Nah, the larger (non all in one) Amiga's had a wide rage of hardware available....
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wgungfu <wgungfu@....
wgungfu
Jan 2, 2003 7:18 am
... current ... is just ... functional ... it? What ... The ST was basicly designed as the next generation "Commodore" computer in every sense. Cheap, off...
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David Jackson
Atari_X
Jan 2, 2003 8:37 am
I beleive that the Tramiel's reasoning for not spending more dollars on advertising was because, up until that point, they had never had to advertise. Anytime...
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David Jackson
Atari_X
Jan 2, 2003 8:41 am
I have to disagree here, completely. The Atari 400/800/XL series had similar design specs to the C64 (they both used the 6502). The Atari ST was similar to...
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Garry Stahl
tesral
Jan 2, 2003 1:29 pm
... Not quite true. the A4000 is chuckling away behind me on a huge batch graphic project. Check: http://phoenixinn.iwarp.com/amiga.html -- Garry AKA...
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wgungfu <wgungfu@....
wgungfu
Jan 2, 2003 3:59 pm
... had similar design specs to the C64 (they both used the 6502). The Atari ST was similar to the Amiga (both used Motorolla 68K's). Both the ST and the...
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wgungfu <wgungfu@....
wgungfu
Jan 2, 2003 4:24 pm
... that ... also ... keep ... design ... batch ... I'm not sure what you're getting at with that. The A4000 was simply a combination of design features of...
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wgungfu <wgungfu@....
wgungfu
Jan 2, 2003 4:34 pm
... dollars on advertising was because, up until that point, they had never had to advertise. Anytime they did anything new, the media were busting down their...
