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- From: u894776@bruny.cc.utas.edu.au (James McCoull)
- Subject: Re: New machines from Acorn.
- Message-ID: <u894776.713689768@bruny>
- Sender: news@newsroom.utas.edu.au
- Organization: University of Tasmania, Australia.
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- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1992 07:09:28 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- andyf@yama.uk.sun.com (Andrew Fox - Sun UK - Answer centre) writes:
-
- [Describes new arc:
- > Specifications for A1000
- > ========================
- > 12Mhz ARM2 CPU (running at approx 7 MIPS)
- ^ [wheee! my polygon routine will be almost twice as fast :)]
- > 2Mb 12 Mhz ram (upgradeable to 4Mb)
- > 1.6Mb Floppy drive
- > RISC OS 3.10
- > Two 9-pin D standard joystick ports
- > RCA outputs for stereo sound
- > Optional 40 or 80 Mb IDE internal hard drive.
- > Plus all the usual ports found on the A3000.
- > The price has been set at around 400 pounds.
-
- I hope something like this really is in the pipeline.
- I'm leaving university soon, and looking to get into microcomputer software
- development - and the more lower end arc's sold, the more likely I am
- [and more importantly the *real* developers]
- to head towards the archimedes. A machine like this is definitely a step
- in the right direction. (If only VIDC had 256 palette registers instead
- of 16 ;-) - it would be perfect of VGA 320x200x256 conversions! )
-
- Anyway... hopefully these machines will be out soon! 'cos the third
- wave of home micros will be hitting soon - Atari Falcon (vapour?), AA Amigas
- and now hopefully this new low cost arc.
- [First wave = bbc, c64, spectrum, Second wave = amiga, atarist]
-
- If a machine like this *really* is on the way, then i must commend
- the marketing [research] branch of Acorn - It looks like you have finally
- got it right!
-
-