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- From: baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Article on FALCON in German mag c't
- Date: 19 Aug 1992 14:03:22 -0700
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- In article <H.rYMcKrPZhMM@wpcst1.phys-chemie.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de> kruel@wpcst1.phys-chemie.uni-wuerzburg.dbp.de (Thomas-Martin Kruel) writes:
- [specs deleted]
- > true color mode:
- > - 320 x 200, 32768 colors
- > - 320 x 480, 32768 colors
- > either overscan or interlaced mode, may be sychronized from outside
- > overlay mode, HF modulator
-
- I thought you would get the TC mode at 640x480...guess not.
-
-
- > - Blitter at 16 bit, 16 MHz
- > Interfaces:
- > - DSP connector, Sub-D, 26pol. fem.
-
- What is a Sub-D, _26_? Is this a 26pin variant of the db25/db9 that
- is the standard for RS232C? If so, how will you know if it is upside down?
-
- [specs deleted]
-
- > Miscellaneous:
- > - operating system unclear; currently TOS 2.07, MultiTOS to be expected
-
- _2.07_????? I would think it would be a 3.XX variant since it has an '030
- in it. Why are they using a 2.XX???? Granted, it will (supposedly) come
- out with Multitos, but ... that is still confusing....
-
- > - real time clock, battery backed
- > - internal expansion port
- > - fan
- > - connectors for microphone and speaker
-
- These are normal micro-jacks: the same kind as most earphones/portable
- radios (like walkmans) have. Very convienient - I wish the TT used these, so
- that I wouldn't have to use the cheesy RCA-jack to micro-jack converter I use
- now for my amplified speakers.
-
- > - case like 1040
- >
- > Price: around DM 1500 (~ UK L 500, ~ FF 5000).
-
- Well, according to Security Pac. Bank, the exchange rate today is
- 1.504 (or thereabouts) so that would make a US model about $1000. Not bad,
- but could be better - lets hope so.
-
- >
- >
- > In particular, it might be interesting that ordinary MultiSync or VGA
- >monitors can be connected now instead of just a SM 124.
- >
- > The machine presented to "c't" had no MultiTOS yet, but a modified TOS
- >2.07 (whatever this may be). "tms" claims that they were able to port their
- >program "Cranach" easily to the new system.
-
- Pardon my ignorance, but what is Cranach?
-
- > QuickIndex reveals a CPU
- >performance of about 50% of the TT030.
-
- That is dissapointing. I was hoping to get around 60% since it
- wouldn't have to deal with as many memory wait-states as the TT does. BTW,
- is this rating comparison with the TT from Qindex running in Slow or Fast
- memory? Since the Falcon's RAM is (likely) to be designed similarly to TT
- slow memory (Video/CPU time slices, etc.), I guess a 50% speed is to be
- expected.
-
- >It's quite unclear to me what the LAN
- >interface is meant to be.
-
- This is a Lan connector that is identical to the mac localtalk
- connector. They just need to implement software that uses it (for use in a
- local talk network - they already have Atari-specific network software).
-
- > I'm personally quite unsecure if I should replace my old MegaST by such
- >a machine. I think it's better to wait for a high end machine such as the
- >speculated Falcon040. There is still a need for MultiTOS to become ready,
- >before.
-
- I don't know. If you can put up with the built in keyboard, then
- I would say go for it. It is more than a replacement for the MegaST(E).
- What I want to know is, can it use the previous color/mono monitors that you
- are using with the MegaST (probably not), and if so, what are the max
- resolutions with the SC1224?
-
- >
- >
- >Regards,
- > Thomas
- >--
- >Thomas-Martin Kruel Institut f. Physikalische Chemie / Universitaet Wuerzburg
- > Marcusstr. 9-11, D-8700 Wuerzburg, Tel. +49 931 31579
-
-
- -Mike
-
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