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A Letter to BYTE

    20-May-93 02:39:14
Sb: #100479-A Letter to BYTE
Fm: Karl F. Kugel 72467,2474
To: Dominick J. Fontana 74766,2154
You MUST be kidding! Atari? Atari computers are doorstops! That is all ANY computer is without software, and new software development for the ST is close to nil. Of course, in the case of the Falcon, there isn't any hardware either. <g> When and if it does come out, the audio capabilities won't even come close to that of the CBM DSP board. I'll give you three guesses as to which will have more software support. And if you think current sales of Atari computers are anywhere even close to that of Amigas you are misinformed. And they are falling, not gaining. Like a rock. There is no place to buy hardware, and no place to buy software, and nothing much to buy if you COULD find any. I seriously doubt that anyone at CBM needs to sit up nights worrying about Atari! Now, cheap Macs, THAT'S a problem. Dirt-cheap clones taking over the market entirely, that's a problem. People who say "Omega? What's an Omega?", that's a problem. A close-to-bankrupt Atari isn't. (Boy, that felt great! It's been YEARS since I got off a good Atari flame. Heck, it's been years since *anyone* flamed Atari. Too much like beating a dead horse.) // -Karl \X/ Amiga and Autopilot: The *only* way to fly!