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- From: hjwulfso@unix.amherst.edu (Harris Wulfson)
- Subject: Re: Falcon030 in Keyboard Magazine
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- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 03:39:54 GMT
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- Michael Park (mpark@stein.u.washington.edu) wrote:
- } Just FYI, there's a write-up on the Falcon in the January 1993
- } issue of Keyboard (a music/MIDI magazine), pp. 103-104.
- } It's the "Computers On-line" column by Geoffrey Ryle, and it's
- } quite positive; I'll just quote the final lines:
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- } "I anticipate many impressive offerings in the months
- } to come. All in all, I'd say the Falcon030 may be
- } just what we've needed to escape this developmental
- } vacuum we've been stuck in."
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- Also in the December issue of Electronic Musician, they mention the
- Falcon030 as part of their AES coverage. It says:
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- Atari debutedthe impressive Falcon030 computer ($799 w/1 MB RAM; $1,299 w/4
- MB RAM and a 65MB hard disk), which incorporates a 16 MHz 68030 microprocessor
- and a 32 MHz Motorola 56001 DSP on the motherboard. The computer also has
- 16-bit stereo audio inputs and outputs. According to Atari, with the
- appropriate software and hardware, the machine is capable of working with
- eight audio tracks at once.
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- Harris Wulfson
- hjwulfson@amherst.edu
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