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- From: dlk0ms9s@umiami.ir.miami.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: The compatibility story (Falcon & A1200)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan10.110720.14311@umiami.ir.miami.edu>
- Date: 10 Jan 93 11:07:19 EST
- References: <H.mcBUgFWEjuY@fredrik.atari.no> <1993Jan9.150240@cs.bham.ac.uk>
- Organization: Univ of Miami IR
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- In article <1993Jan9.150240@cs.bham.ac.uk>, dxo@cs.bham.ac.uk (David Oakley) writes:
- > 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+.
- >
- NOT to start a flame war here, but a note on math.
-
- since 50% of the games run on a 500+ and only 80% of those run on a 600 and
- of those only 60% run on the 1200. Now, I don't know about you but if you pump
- it out, lets use an aribtrary number like 100 ok?(NOTE I know there are more
- than 100 programs available for the Amiga.)
-
- 50% of 100 is 50.
- 80% of 50 is 40.
- 60% of 40 is 24!
-
- So 24 out of 100 games should work on the 1200. Personally, I don't find
- this all to comforting, especially considering the shape that the world is in
- today. Are you going to spend that much money on a system that only can use
- less than a quarter of the available programs for it? see 24/100.
-
-
-
- > Which in total isn't a particularly good compatibility rating!
- >
- > :-)
- >
- > David.
-
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