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- $FALCON 030
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- Infos compiled by HEAVY LINE
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- The 12th of november 92
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- [ SYSTEME ARCHITECTURE
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- -CPU:Motorola 68030 operating at 16 Mhz
- -Performance coding at 16 Mhz yields
- 3.64 MIPS.
- -On-chip demand pages memory renseigne-
- ment.
- -Separate on-chip 256 byte instruction
- and data caches.
- -Independant address and data bases for
- interlaced parralel performance.
- -Pipelined architecture.
- -BUS: 32 bit data: 32 bit address.
- -FPU:Optionnal motorola 68882 operating
- at 16 Mhz.
- -Performance coding at 32 Mhz yields
- 1.52 MFLOPS.
- -RAM: 1, 4, or 14 Mo configurations
- operating in page mode.
- -ROM: 512 KByte internal, 128 KByte
- external cardridge.
-
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- [DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSOR
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- -Motorola 56001 DSP operating at 32 Mhz
- -32 KWords of 0 wait-state static RAM.
- -DSP connector allows any connection of
- low-cost 19.2 Kbaud fax/data modems,
- voice mail systems, direct to disk,
- digital audio recorders , JPEQ/MPEQ
- image compression, etc...
-
-
- [EXPANSION BUS
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- -Internal direct processor slot for
- 286/386SX PC emulation,DMA coprocessor.
- -Optional processor support.
-
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- [GRAPHICS
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- -Super VGA 640 x 480 256 colors.
- -Near true colors 16 bit mode:
- 320 x 200 or 640 x 480 65536 colors.
- -Accepts external video sync signal
- to allow high-quality genlocking.
- -15 bit overlay slide allows many video
- tifing and special effects.
- -Programmable overscan.
- -262144 possible colors.
- -Hardware assisted horizontal for fine
- scrollings.
- -BLITTER graphics coprocessor.
- -130 graphic resolutions whose 110 on
- a vulgar TV set.
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- 640 x 400 monochrom STE
- 640 x 200 4 colours STE
- 320 x 200 16 colours STE
- 640 x 480 16 colours TT
- 320 x 480 256 colours TT
- Thanks to the graphic processor,
- it can show 262.114 colours.
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- SVGA 640 x 480 256 colours
- True Color 320 x 200 65536 colours
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-
- [SOUND
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- -Independant 8 channels 16 bit digital
- audio DMA record and playback channels
- with up to 50 Khz sampling code.
- -Stereo 16 bit DMA audio output.
- -"Bitstream" 1 bit DAC.
- -80 times oversampling
- -Stereo 16 bit DMA audio input.
- -SDMA audio signal coprocessor.
- -DSP Motorola 56001 - 32 Mhz ( 32 mips
- when 68030 is 4 mips) This is not a co-
- processor but a real microprocessor for
- packing/depacking ( Sound , pictures ),
- data coding, ray tracing, rendering..
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- [STANDARD PORTS
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- -SCSI II port with Direct Memory Access
- -High-speed Local-Talk compatible LAN
- port.
- -Connector for analog RVB color ( VGA
- or ST ) composite video.
- -RS232C serial port.
- -Bi-directional parallel printer port
- (also subtitle for images scanners).
- -Cardridge port (128 KByte capacity).
- -MIDI IN / MIDI OUT.
- -Stereo microphone input: miniature
- stereo pin.
- -Stereo audio out: miniature stereo pin
- -2 . 9 pin joystick connector.
- -2 . 15 pin echanged digital/analog
- controller connectors.
- -Mouse / Joystick
- -Serial synchrone / asynchrone
- -Joytick analogic / digital ( Joystick
- with 12 keys ! )
- -Connector DSP
- -1 Port LocalTalk
- -Input Syncro External for Gen LOck
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- But nothing for an external drive !!!!
- No room enough !
- Bye bye Hard copier !
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- [DATA STORAGE
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- -1.44 floppy disk drive.
- -MS-DOS format compatibility.
- -Optional internal IDE hard drive.
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-
- [TOS
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- Version 4.0 (International)
- in ROM as usual
- Language and keyboard (QWERTY/AZERTY)
- are loaded like CPX.
- Desktop in 256 coulours,icone in "3D"
- Multimedia possible like on Mac & PC.
- New routines to make easier coding.
- Vectorial fonts.
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- MultiTOS (on Disk )
- Uses 1 meg of RAM
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-
- [PACKAGES
-
- 30% of the ST softwares might be
- compatible.
- Dungeon Master
- Redacteur 3
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- Genlock, Modem 14440 bds, Fax, Voice
- mail systems are said to be done in the
- USA.
-
- Vroom
- Ishaar
- cubase
- GFA basic 4.0 are announced.
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- [* CONCLUSION
-
- The FALCON what ever can be said is a
- great evolutionary machine,even without
- an external drive.
- But Atari hasn't not been quick enough
- to release and advertise about it for
- Christmas 92,too sad. Especialy because
- Commodore released and advertised a lot
- ( in France at last ) for their cheap
- Amiga 600 ( which is much more
- attractive than a STE ) and for the new
- Amiga 1200 which might be -one day-sold
- with an AT'N'T DSP.
-
- After the enthusiasm of the 1st months
- many people ask themselves about the
- Falcon. And if it doesn't sell well...
- Atari will close down...
- DOUBLE OR QUITS is the motto of Atari
- for 1993...
-
- But I'm optimistic, because scene must
- go on. Otherwise how could Reps will
- slag off VMAX/ICS and conversely.
-