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- From: baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Falcon Graphics
- Date: 25 Aug 1992 14:10:27 -0700
- Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- In article <1992Aug25.124510.2938@aber.ac.uk> hrs@aber.ac.uk (Herbert Martin Sauro) writes:
- >Having now seen the Falcon at first hand (ie at the show) I was a bit
- >disappointed at the graphics. The 640x480 at 256 colour appeared to
- >be quite stable, almost as good as mono on an SM124. The higher colour
- >modes however, weren't very good and a number of the monitors showed
- >flicker which is a shame.
-
- Was this on a SC1224 monitor or were you seeing flicker on a Multisync?
- BTW, anyone know what the line-doubling graphics mode is?
-
- > But I guess with 640x480 2356 colour at least
- >we're now up to Mac and PC standard. The sound system was very good
- >though, I don't use my ST for music but the sound coming from the
- >Falcon was as good as a CD.
- >
- >I guess everyone knows that the GEM interface has gone '3-D', i.e 3D borders
- >on windows and 3D buttons just like Windows. Unfortunately they didn't
- >seem to be showing MultiTOS, at least on the general display models.
-
- This is nice, but seeing as how soon MT should be out, I doubt if
- TOS 2.07 (still haven't figured out why it isn't 3.07) will get high sales
- volume. BTW, anyone know if it has the CTS/RTS bug? Will MT incorporate the
- 3-D look of 2.07?
-
- >I did notice some other companies showing what I think was MultiTOS
- >(it wasn't MultiGEM).
-
- This was probably just (ha!) MiNT. Shouldn't look or act much
- different when MT comes out - except multiple GEM windows...
-
- > What was nice to see was the lower price for a
- >base model of the TT at 2000DM (this wasn't a special show price either).
- >And Atari didn't show any STEs.
-
- Excellent. The question now is, how much are TT video (24bit) cards
- running for? Oh, does anyone know what the max resolution of the PTC(TT color
- monitor) are? 640x480, or will it do 800x600?
-
- A couple months ago, someone posted a list of TT/MSTe video cards that
- are available. Would someone mind posting an updated list? I would prefer
- prices in US$, but not neccessary if fairly recent exchange rates are posted
- too (hey, I have a calculator! :). Would it be asking to much to include a
- (US) vendor for the prices quoted?
-
- >
- >Herb
- >--
- >/******************************************************************************
- >Herbert Sauro e-mail: hrs@aber.ac.uk
- >Biological Sciences phone: +44 970 622353
- >Univesity College of Wales
-
- Thanks,
-
- Mike
-
-
-