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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!edcastle!hwcs!neil
  2. From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
  4. Subject: Re: TT Compatability questions
  5. Keywords: TT, ST, compatible, games, applications
  6. Message-ID: <1992Sep3.115337.3528@cs.hw.ac.uk>
  7. Date: 3 Sep 92 11:53:37 GMT
  8. References: <Compatability> <questions> <H.MGgdbM2U5VY@fredrik.atari.no>
  9. Sender: news@cs.hw.ac.uk (News Administrator)
  10. Organization: Dept of Computing & Electrical Engineering, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
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  13. In article <H.MGgdbM2U5VY@fredrik.atari.no> jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no writes:
  14. >In <mack.714929181@deci>, Dan Mack writes:
  15. >>
  16. >>1 . Do games like Falcon, Flight Simulator, Sim City, etc. run well
  17. >>    on the TT?  Too fast?
  18. >
  19. >No, not many games do work (at least without doing some tricks)! But
  20. >does it matter. Who buys a TT for playing games? I'd rather buy a LYNX
  21. >for that purpose:-)
  22.  
  23. It matters plenty! If games don't work on the TT because they are poorly
  24. written and don't take account of the 68030 then the same games will not
  25. work on the Falcon. I can easily imagine people buying Falcons to play
  26. games.
  27.  
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  29. ! DISCLAIMER:Unless otherwise stated, the above comments are entirely my own !
  30. !                                                                            !
  31. ! Neil Forsyth                                                               !
  32. ! Department of Computing and Electrical Engineering                         !
  33. ! Heriot-Watt University                                                     !
  34. ! Edinburgh, Scotland                                                        !
  35. ! United Kingdom            Email: neil@uk.ac.hw.cs, ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!neil !
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  37. ! "'Have you got any?' he asked, expecting the answer no" - Monty Python     !
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