24 Aug
1998
24 Aug
'98
9:02 p.m.
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?)
The 800XL is an updated version of the venerable 800. Has BASIC built-in
and only one cartridge. Nice machine.