#: 17008 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    09-Nov-92  20:35:49
Sb: #16977-#atari osk u.k.
Fm: PaulSeniura 76476,464
To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227 (X)

I'd *greatly* appreciate some more input from internet folks if you could do
that for me!  I just got my access to internet/ftp/telnet on Delphi and will
probably start "living" over there 'cuz of their cheap rates.

Well the problem with MW's port is that I wouldn't get all that tonage of books
& software with their back-level "personal" Atari/OSK, which is the only
version MW sells that I can afford.  The "Pro" is still around $600, isn't it? 
I'd rather spend $250 with fluctuating exchange rates to get something very
close to MW's Pro package.  Cumana's seems to be much more complete, too, with
meeses & MIDI support (we gotta get Mike Knudson working on an Atari version if
rewriting is needed!). And then I'm very apprehensive about ROM levels -- I
almost ordered the TOS 2.61(?) hdwr upgrade which extends the buss to 24-bit I
think going to/from the ROMs, and that could play havok with MW's OSK.  So once
again I'm talking myself into Cumana's being a "safer" port.  I thought there
was a trick in accessing the I/O circuitry directly, and MW's port would be
"safer" in this regard.  But I dunno!  Ya know I can do some hacking &
'sperimenting, but this time I'm in the dark.  Blowing a wad of money at the
local RS store was a safe bet on buying OS9 there, but having to go overseas to
get it -- I gotta get more input!

I also forgot to ask if MW and/or Cumana can support my ICD SCSI adaptor? (only
1 40-meg h.d. is hooked up right now, but who knows, maybe we can get CD-I or
CD-ROM going one of these days?!  wonder if we could compete against Philips 
;)

Well lessee the bottom line is if there's some kind of multiscreen pkg or
support for either MW or Cumana ports, and which support the ICD SCSI adaptor
(prob'ly one of the older/original ones w/o its own SCSI ID except for the
real-time clock circuit on it).  Those two answers will sure help me pick which
OSK to buy and then finally I'd be "in with da big folks", eh?  -- thx, Paul
Seniura.
  (p.s. lemme know if I can repay ya somehow)

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