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- From: hasse@solace.hsh.se (Hans Holmberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Falcon030, resolutions, TRUE color, and DSP
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.114020.5404@solace.hsh.se>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 10:40:20 GMT
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- In <1h2r5bINNqv5@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aa399@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Len Stys) writes:
- [stuff deleted]
-
- >Ed, I can buy a 386 DX 25 MHz clone with an 85 meg HD, 8 expansion slots,
- >a 3.5" 1.4 meg drive, a 5.25" 1.2 meg drive, and a SVGA monitor for
- >$799.
-
- But you forget that to get the same *subjective* performance as a F030 you
- would have to buy a 486DX33 with a very fast graphicscard that have at least
- 64k colors, a DSP board of any kind AND something like the soundblaster.
-
- Tell me the price of that!
-
- (btw, I have run Windows on a 486DX25 in 256 colors.. It crawls..)
-
- >Oh, and it would include 2 Megs.
-
- Well, memory aint expensive... Atari should have put in 4 megs as minimum.
-
- >Along with Windows and the choice of THOUSANDS upon THOUSANDS of
- >software titles.
-
- I wouldn't put my name on a product like Windows. I would be *ashamed* to
- release such a lousy done software. Oh, could you please tell me of some
- software which doesn't exists on the ST??
-
- (btw, windows isn't a software title, it's a substitute for MS/DOS ;)
-
- >There are also MANY developers working on new software for it, not
- >just a handful. Anyone will fix it if it breaks. And there
- >is no need for me to beg the company for support.
-
- Correct!
-
- >No, Atari's needs an edge besides the DSP.
-
- I think Atari has an egde, the question is wether they will blow it or not...
-
- /Hasse
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