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warwick@cs.uq.oz.au writes:
>loj@cae.wisc.edu (Lo Jeffrey) writes:
>
>>Sorry for asking a dumb question, but what is a falcon030 and 040?
>
>The falcon030 is the new low-cost machine from Atari Corp. - it has a
>16MHz 68030 and a 32MHz 56001 (with 32K of 24bit words), excellent (16bit)
>sound, and graphics (VGA + 65000 colour True-Colour), all BUILT-IN.
>
>Probably a cheaper platform for DSP development than any card for IBM's or
>Apple Macs - the falcon030 is priced at $800 for the bare machine (no
>harddrive, no monitor, only 1 megabyte - add any SCSI drive, or 2.5" IDE drive,
>and any VGA/SVGA monitor).
>
>It looks like DSP is finally coming to home computers (NeXT already have
>them, but they're STILL out of my price range).  I hear the latest Amiga
>also has DSP.  Now we might start seeing home applications - who'd bother
>in the past when machines did not come standard with DSP.
>
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Nevertheless, it is not available and the earliest is early next year. Apple
will release a Mac that will contains a CD ROM as well as a DSP. You are
right, the DSP is coming to the computer near you. -)

Sooner or later PC computers will have DSPs as well. Like most semiconductors
the DSP is good for certain tasks but not all. In some cases, the RISC
processor is more appropriate.

Mark K.
E-Mail: kovarski@zooid.guild.org