Uncle Roger wrote:
>
> At 11:45 AM 8/24/98 PDT, you wrote:
> >Today I saw an Atari 5?0ST and an 800XL. As I understand, the ST ran
> >GEM. Is this an interesting computer at all? What about the XL? Was
> >this one of the BASIC computers?
>
> 520ST does indeed run GEM; it's about equivalent to a Mac Plus or so. 512K
> RAM, (unless expanded) 68000 CPU. What it does have that other machines in
> the same class (early Mac's, early Amigas) don't have is built-in MIDI
> ports for connecting to musical keyboards and synthesizers.
>
> That's what I (would) use in my studio (if I had it all set up) for
> composition and sequencing. (Doncha just hate moving?)
Yeah, I know a number of musicians using STs in preference to more
modern PC VESA/PCI sound cards -- there is some program out of
Germany (dongle protected) that apparently has yet to be equalled on
Wintel platforms.
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Received on Mon Aug 24 1998 - 21:31:09 BST