From: jartsu@vipu.hut.fi (Jartsu)
Subject: Re: ATARI COMPUTER WISH LIST 
Reply-To: Jari.Lehto@hut.fi
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1992 13:47:27 GMT

In article <gkxzv5n@rpi.edu> oyakea@warren1b.its.rpi.edu (Amalaye Oyake) writes:

> 2) A decent expansion bus ( e.g. VME etc ) on more of the ST line
besides the     TT and Mega STe.

MegaST has the MegaBus, and there are lots of cards available for it.

> 4) More software releases such as ATM, Pagemaker, CD-Rom software.
>    ( N.B. ATM and Pagemaker are very good packages ).

Calamus can beat the combination ATM&Pagemaker easily.
There is CD-ROM stuff for Atari too. MetaDOS is available for
connecting&using almost any SCSI CD-ROM.

> 5) At least one University level Math or/and Cad Program such as
Mathematica,     Maple, Math-Cad, AutoCad, ProEngineer...

Needs a TT to be efficient enough...

> 6) Upgradeable video route... at least a standard of upgrading an
ST's video.

There is a wide variety of Graphic adapter boards for ST&Mega
available.

> 7) At least one 24bit graphics board.

There are some.

> 8) At least one 040 accelerator ( damn even the A500 has one ).

coming right up! One German company is about to release one.

> 9) At least some C++ compatible compiler.

Isn't there?

> 10) YES!! Multitasking ( I use a Sun and can't live without multitasking ).
>     Think of running an application and then needing to list a directory or
>     have a file print in the background (e.g. text file), or even a comm
>     program running.

Fully possible. Just install MiNT or Minix to your ST. 

> 11) More major third party support. Since when did a company like Canon/Lotus
>     support the ST in any way.

You live in the wrong coutry or you haven't checked overseas yet...
In Germany companies like Kodak have worked together with Atari to
provide a professional full color DTP setups based on TT. And this is
only one example...
All these products are available, you just have to get them overseas,
because there aren't enough markets for such systems to set up a
distributor in the US.

> 12) BTW!! DOES ATARI USE ST's IN HOUSE ?????

Hmm, if we say Ataris, they do. Not just (or at all) STs, but MegaSTs,
MegaSTEs, TTs and some Falcons too. The basic ST is too old...

> 13) MORE ST Magazines or at least some on racks.

Find out about European magazines and subscribe one. If you can read
german, you should try TOS, ST-Magazin or ST-Computer. These are not
for game maniacs or people who have their atari mainly for
recreational purposes, these are for productive and professional
users.

> 14) An ST commercial on MTV.

with Falcon, maybe...

> 15) An IBM/Mac emulator from ATARI ( well maybe ).

But there are! Spectre GCR makes your Atari to be ewen better Mac than
some real Macs are!
Vortex can provide you 386sx with fast-RAM etc, SuperCharger and Delta
Modul provide you fully compatible AT-slots!

> 16) A UNIX Variant: if a 68010 Sun could run Unix back then, whats
the problem?

There is a Sys V r.4 for TT

> 19) Customizable Desktop ( have you seen MOTIF ? ).

Well, not like MOTIF, but close. Have you tried Gemini or NeoDesk?

> 21) More ST dealers, service people, and software retailers.

Again, wrong country. Nobody over there has both, that kind of money,
and the idea & faith to market Atari so that it will rise enough.

> 22) ST fairs in major Cities like New-York and L.A., why should
London have all    the fun ??

Visit Dusseldorf Germany next year. The biggest Atari fair in the
whole world, dozens of companies, thousands of people and hundreds of
products.

> 23) A bigger case for the Falcon030, with VME, two proc.direct slots and CPU
>     module.

Atari is redesigning the case...

> 24) For Computer biggies a Multiprocessing HUB with the features of the ATW
>     display postcript, and more ( this is a wild dream alright !! ).

Falcon 040 with it's multiple DSPs is enough for a lot...

> 25) Adds for ST games on T.V.

Is it worth it?

> 26) A remake of the mega STe (68000),but merged with a 386, with AT slots,
>     this will attack the PC market as well as well as people who need both
>     systems.- I KNOW THIS VERY POSSIBLE.

A remake of the MegaSTE with better CPU (68030) and SVGA (1024x768
8bit) level display technology. Who needs Intel?

> 27) More ATARI communication with users.

Please explain with examples.


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