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- From: hrs@aber.ac.uk (Herbert Martin Sauro)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Atari
- Message-ID: <1992Aug15.125034.18852@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 15 Aug 92 12:50:34 GMT
- References: <1992Aug13.182309.10852@pellns.alleg.edu> <3107@isgtec.isgtec.com>
- Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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- In article <3107@isgtec.isgtec.com> ken@isgtec.com (Ken Newman) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug13.182309.10852@pellns.alleg.edu> heidelj@alleg.edu
- (Jason Heideloff) writes:
- >> Rumors which state that
- >> the new Falcon will have the 68030. Sure this is impressive for the
- >> average Atari user who is primarily an Atari user, but what type of
- >> company would put a chip in a new computer that is slowly becoming too
- >> slow.
- >
- >Oh c'mon, the answer is obviously price. The 68040 and high-speed memory
- >would push the price way up. Don't forget the machine is not just a
- >CPU-and-memory box, when you push clock rates up you usually have to boost
- >the speed of all the custom chips, disk controllers, RAM controllers,
- >video, etc etc. Atari are obviously trying to keep the price very low,
- >an excellent idea IMHO. Also it is very likely there will be higher-end
- >models with more horsepower. BTW, most of the Apple line use 030's.
- >
- >
- >ken@isgtec.com [ ...!uunet.ca!isgtec!ken ] Ken Newman
- I agree with Ken, anyway what's wrong with a 68030, what applications
- Jason do you have that really requires a 68040?
-
- Herb
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