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May/June 1985
Editor & Publisher
Les Effingham
Correspondence
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Some of the euphoria of Atari's new machines is now
dying and more realistic targets being set I doubt if all the
things announced at the Las Vegas CES will come into
being but most will and Atari will be a strong force once
again. The most important thing they must do is to deliver
the products on schedule. In the States Atari are taking
some hard knocks from competitors who are vociferously
saying that STs don't exist or have problems or will not be
out on schedule. All these remarks are being made out of
fear by competitors with inferior or overpriced machines but
the world listens to rumours and Atari must be careful that
any action or inaction on their part does not give credence
to those seeking to maintain a market share by 'rubbishing'
better products. In this country Sir Clive Sinclair has been
the most vociferous in his attacks h e probably has the most
to loose- and has been quoted as saying that the ST will not
appear this year (perhaps he knows of another manufacturer
whose 16-bit machine was a year late?) and that the QL is
superior. I n response I cannot resist printing a quote
attributed to Jack Tramiel. "The ST is to the QL what the
motor car is to the C5"!
Atari must get these machines onto the market as
promised. I hope that by the time you read this, a few ST5
will be around and by the next issue will be in the high street
shops. If not the competitors will say 1 told you so' and the
public will listen. •
Last issue's cover was a nice idea that lost something in
the processing but that's the way it goes! The entire image,
except the words USER MAGAZINE which were too fine to
digitise, was done on an Artron 2000 graphics computer. A
lot more could have been achieved but time was short (and
expensive!) and, although the screen image was superb, it
didn't quite translate to print. Never mind, just wait till I get
my ST with GemDraw_ I might be able to prove yet again
that an Atari is capable of matching the dedicated systems_
Perhaps I should wait for Atari's 32-bit JAX? Perhaps not,
$5000 is a bit expensive for a magazine cover!
Issue 14 of PAGE6 could have been the last but fear not -
we live on! The shake out of the computer industry last year
meant that several companies went into liquidation or "no
longer exist" among them Channel 8 Software, C S. Software,
Microspot, Home Entertainment Ltd.. Stack Computers
and Micro Research Ltd. They all owe us money. Then
along came this tempting offer from Database Publications
who were looking for an Editor for The Atari User. I thanked
them kindly for the thought and started work on this issue.
I laving come this far, why give it up when I know that many
of you can't wait for the next issue of PAGE 6. Thank you all
for the encouragement,
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Watch out also for other Atari promotions from Database
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to canvas up to 5000 trade outlets in the U. K to encourage
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