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- Subject: Re: The compatibility story (Falcon & A1200)
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- From: wells_s@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
- Date: 9 Jan 1993 19:32:23 GMT
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- > Comodore officialy say that 60% of current A500 software works on the A120
- > Impressive? I don't think so!
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- Not even that much is expected to work!!
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- > Compo (large german company that develop and sell ST/TT/Falcon software an
- > 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% (n
- > kiddin', ninty-five%) do run!
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- Where'd this info' come from!? I find it rather surprising that
- 95% compatibility is achieved! (The STE had about that compared to
- STFM machines... Probably less!). It'd be good - but do we actually get
- a list of what they tested!? (If it's all serious software, of course
- it will work, but graphics util's and games are the real test!)
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