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- From: ekrimen@wet.UUCP (Ed Krimen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: ATARI STE vs. ATARI MEGA STE
- Keywords: Which one?
- Message-ID: <4166@wet.UUCP>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 20:42:15 GMT
- References: <23JUL199201250836@ral.arc.nasa.gov> <4162@wet.UUCP> <1992Jul25.011835.2921@beaver.cs.washington.edu>
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- In article <1992Jul25.011835.2921@beaver.cs.washington.edu> bgilbert@cs.washington.edu (Benjamin Gilbert) writes:
- >
- >Also remember that there is the Tiny Turbo 030 accelerator, which _does_ fit
- >in a Mega STe or a Mega ST or an ST or an STe. It has loads of options
- >and I'm sure would be a dazzling upgrade for those not wanting to buy a new
- >system. I don't think you need a tower caser for any version of the
- >Tiny Turbo, hence the name. I imagine a Mega STe with a Tiny Turbo 030
- >installed would zip right along, so you have a machine that is a TT
- >except for the nameplate... :-)
-
- The original poster specifically mentioned the SST and that's why I
- commented on it.
-
- The TinyTurbo and Turbo030 accelerator boards are totally different
- in theory to the SST. The SST lets you add the accelerator, RAM, and
- other accoutrements as you see fit. The accelerators from Fast Tech
- are designed differently for different tastes and a different market.
-
- From what I understand, the TinyTurbo does NOT have the extra
- 32-bit(?) RAM that the SST and Turbo030 have. The TinyTurbo seems to
- be a T-16 or T-25 on steriods, sporting a 68030 with cache. (Of
- course, if I'm incorrect in these claims, I'd surely hope someone
- would correct me.)
-
- In the second line, you say the TinyTurbo030 has loads of options.
- Care to inform us what only a couple of these "options" are?
-
- The MegaSTE with a TinyTurbo030 would zip along quite nicely, but
- it's nowhere near a TT. The TT has much more to it than a 68030, and
- that's why I'm buying one and selling my MegaSTE. There's RAM
- expansion capability in a TT which the MegaSTE doesn't have, extra
- resolutions for animations which will hold me over until Leonardo
- comes out, and a SCSI port.
-
-
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