I purchased an Atari STFM yesterday, as many years ago I briefly owned an Atari 520 STE (Turbo Pack) before my A500 Plus I felt the need to go back to a lesser computer and give it a a second chance.
If you're wondering why I switched to the Amiga - I had to return it to Kay's catalogue, the awkward mouse port underneath the STE was intermittent and would switch off - something my friend's STEs and STFM didn't do. I didn't give it a second chance as the 500 Plus had just been released in a Cartoons Classic pack and was a visibly better machine (albeit with an annoying foot warmer).
I'm now going to have to cope with just 512 colours, awkward joystick ports, worse graphics, and unforgivablely no cheap mass storage option or separate audio outputs. I love retro stuff. I'll use my old foot warmer in Winter however.
