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>From: aeg03@rrz.uni-koeln.de (Jan T. Kim)
>Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
>Subject: Re: You Could Win Big Money...
>Date: 13 Dec 1992 00:47:31 +0100
>Organization: Regional Computing Center, University of Cologne
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>References: <9212102025.AA17950@floyd.cca.cr.rockwell.com> <1992Dec11.181837.78
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>In <1992Dec11.181837.7834@newshost.lanl.gov> hutch@bellman.lanl.gov (John Hutch

>>Basically, the 520 has 512K RAM and the 1040 has 1Mb RAM.  Other differences
>>can abound, however, depending on how old the system is.  Some 1040's did
>>not have an RF modulator (therefore no hook up to a TV), early 520's did
>>not have a built in floppy drive, etc.  Just look before you leap.

>Huh? I never came across a 520 with a  floppy  built  in.  Always
>thought all 1040's had one and all 520 don't.
>In general, I think one can tell from the  complete  system  name
>whether  a  floppy  or  an  RF  modulator  are  built in from the
>lowercase letters after the  "ST".  An  "f"  indicates  a  floppy
>drive, and an "m" stands of an RF modulator, e.g. a 520 STm has a
>modulator but no disk drive, and a 1040 STf has a  drive  but  no
>modulator etc. Both models do exist.
>However, the correlation between the number in  the  system  name
>and  the amount of RAM does not seem to work 100% -- I once heard
>there was a 520  ST+  with  1  MB  of  RAM,  no  disk  drive,  no
>modulator.

Additionally there is the 520STfm with bothdrive and modulator(I have one)
^^
>Greetinx, Jan


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