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- From: hrs@aber.ac.uk (Herbert Martin Sauro)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: Falcon Graphics
- Message-ID: <1992Aug26.102031.10533@aber.ac.uk>
- Date: 26 Aug 92 10:20:31 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.124510.2938@aber.ac.uk> <l9l8e3INNhhf@aludra.usc.edu>
- Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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- In article <l9l8e3INNhhf@aludra.usc.edu> baffoni@aludra.usc.edu (Juxtaposer) writes:
- >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?
- >
-
- The monitors I saw which flickered weren't the SC1224 they may have been just
- ordinary VGA monitors (not Atari anyway).
-
- >> 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?
- >
-
- Interestingly, the Falcons at the show were running (According to the
- Atari guy), TOS 4.0.
-
- >>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?
- >
-
- I think the PTC can go upto 800x600, but it's not a very good monitor.
- My PTC flickers a lot (been replaced soon) which I thought was just
- me, but even the Atari PTCs at the show were fickering - dark lines
- running down the screen. Unfortunately the TT/MSTe graphics boards are still
- in the 800-900DM range. What I'm thinking of doing now if to go for the
- large mono monitor which is only 600 pounds and should be great for
- C dev work.
-
- > 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
- --
- /******************************************************************************
- Herbert Sauro e-mail: hrs@aber.ac.uk
- Biological Sciences phone: +44 970 622353
- Univesity College of Wales
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