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Article #631ATARI RELEASES Falcon 030
From: Amalaye Oyake
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:42
Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:42
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Atari Computers has released the Falcon 030, multimedia home computer. The system runs most existing ST/TT software and has numerous new features; the system is made up of- 1) Mc68030, 16Mhz, 32bit bus 2) Mc68881 or 68882 3) Mc56001 DSP, 32Mhz 4) Blitter graphics co-processor 5) Stereo 16bit sound at max rate of 50khz, with 8bit and FM synthesis back up 6) Stereo sound input and playback, with direct to disk recording and editing 7) SCSI II port 8) Internal IDE harddisk connector 9) Appletalk lan port 10) Up to 6 joysticks (analogue and digital) 11) VGA and TRUE color modes 12) MIDI ports ( in and out) 13) Processor direct slot 14) Parallel and Serial ports 15) Cartridge port 16) Philips/Sony DSP port 17) Hardware assisted fine scrolling 18) Autosyncing for genlocks 19) The Newdesk desktop with mouse and accessories ( e.g. talking clock ) 20) Options include M or J/PEG image decompression or 386sx emulation Contact Micro Computer Depot or Toad computers for availability MCD; 1-800-845-3070 TOAD; 1-800-348-TOAD It was first unveiled in Boston, Sept 23rd 1992. Also read next,mac or comp.sys.atari.st for details. developer versions available. Path: warren1b.its.rpi.edu!oyakea Newsgroups: clari.tw.computers Distribution: world Followup-To: From: oyakea@warren1b.its.rpi.edu (Amalaye Oyake) Reply-To: oyakea@rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Subject: ATARI RELEASES Falcon 030 Keywords: Atari Computers has released the Falcon 030, multimedia home computer. The system runs most existing ST/TT software and has numerous new features; the system is made up of- 1) Mc68030, 16Mhz, 32bit bus 2) Mc68881 or 68882 3) Mc56001 DSP, 32Mhz 4) Blitter graphics co-processor 5) Stereo 16bit sound at max rate of 50khz, with 8bit and FM synthesis back up 6) Stereo sound input and playback, with direct to disk recording and editing 7) SCSI II port 8) Internal IDE harddisk connector 9) Appletalk lan port 10) Up to 6 joysticks (analogue and digital) 11) VGA and TRUE color modes 12) MIDI ports ( in and out) 13) Processor direct slot 14) Parallel and Serial ports 15) Cartridge port 16) Philips/Sony DSP port 17) Hardware assisted fine scrolling 18) Autosyncing for genlocks 19) The Newdesk desktop with mouse and accessories ( e.g. talking clock ) 20) Options include M or J/PEG image decompression or 386sx emulation Contact Micro Computer Depot or Toad computers for availability MCD; 1-800-845-3070 TOAD; 1-800-348-TOAD It was first unveiled in Boston, Sept 23rd 1992. Also read next,mac or comp.sys.atari.st for details. developer versions available. Keywords:
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Newsgroups: comp.multimedia Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!rpi!warren1b.its.rpi.edu!oyakea From: oyakea@warren1b.its.rpi.edu (Amalaye Oyake) Subject: ATARI RELEASES Falcon 030 Message-ID: <3-gzn9-@rpi.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: warren1b.its.rpi.edu Reply-To: oyakea@rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. Date: Sat, 26 Sep 1992 17:42:55 GMT Lines: 81