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- From: baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Atari
- Date: 14 Aug 1992 14:27:38 -0700
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- References: <1992Aug13.182309.10852@pellns.alleg.edu> <4242@wet.UUCP>
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- In article <4242@wet.UUCP> ekrimen@wet.UUCP (Ed Krimen) writes:
- >The Falcon is going to cost well under US$1000, have two hard drive interfaces
- >(IDE and SCSI-II), 16Mhz 68030, 10+ MIPS DSP, LAN port, expandability to 14megs,
- >Multitasking OS, processor direct slots, great graphics, and you're complaining
- >because it's old technology?! What other computer has what the Falcon
- >has for under $1000?
-
- I agree totally with this. However, the brief descriptions of the
- PDS have made me feel a bit troubled. Whenever it is mentioned, the most
- oft-heard description of it is that it will enable "386sx" boards to be
- connected...and sometimes it is just "386" boards. So, does this mean that
- the PDS only access 16-bits????? If it accesses 32bits, then why in the heck
- will it be unable to use a 486? Lastly, if it can use a '486, then why do
- people insist on remarking on its lowest capability, or maybe just refer
- to it as being "IBM emulatable" and avoid the chip designations alltogether
- (which will be a lot more important when PINK is more substantial).
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- >--
- > ||| Ed Krimen
- > ||| ekrimen@wet.com
- > / | \ E.KRIMEN (GEnie)
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- -Mike
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