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- From: dxo@cs.bham.ac.uk (David Oakley)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: The compatibility story (Falcon & A1200)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan9.150240@cs.bham.ac.uk>
- Date: 9 Jan 93 15:02:40 GMT
- References: <H.mcBUgFWEjuY@fredrik.atari.no>
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- In article <H.mcBUgFWEjuY@fredrik.atari.no>, jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no (Joern Moe) writes:
- |>
- |> Comodore officialy say that 60% of current A500 software works on the A1200.
- |> Impressive? I don't think so!
- |>
- |> Compo (large german company that develop and sell ST/TT/Falcon software and
- |> hardware addons) have had a thorough test of a large base of existing ST
- |> software to see if it worked on the Falcon 030, and they found that 95% (no
- |> kiddin', ninty-five%) do run!
- |> This is even better than what Atari self hoped for, and it is MUCH better
- |> than what the TT can show up with. I have a TT and have little problems to
- |> get the software I need.
- |>
-
- Yeah... There's a small problem with that though... Atari said to all the
- magazine publishers that the Falcon wasn't particularly supposed to be compatible
- with the STe, so that's what their writing. The games press are saying that the
- A1200 is better 'cause 60% of standard Amiga stuff (exactly what that means I'm
- not sure) will run.
-
- A good bit to get people flaming is...
-
- With regard to A500 games...
-
- 60% of A600 stuff runs on the A1200
- 80% of A500+ stuff runs on the A600
- 50% of A500 stuff runs on the A500+.
-
- Which in total isn't a particularly good compatibility rating!
-
- :-)
-
- David.
-
- Kryten : 'Pub: ah, yes, a meeting place where people attempt to reach advanced
- states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of
- fermented vegtable drinks.'
-