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In article <1h0eelINNeqh@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> aa399 (Len Stys) writes:
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>Atari is already BEHIND in technology with the Falcon030.  The only thing
>that the Falcon has over ANY other system is the DSP chip.

I disagree with that statement. I'll tell you in what way: For the price,
the Falcon has the following things that other computers do not seem to
consistently have: (not mentioning the DSP, to show how wrong you are.)

   -> Very fast hard disk port (SCSI-II) that uses the concept of DMA
   
      (unlike most Macs, Quadra, and ANY low cost PC, right?)

   -> 16 bit sampler and 16 bit 8 voice 50Khz sound (though DMA, top that!)

      (NO personal computer I know of has a ADC except the NeXT)

   -> Better than VGA graphics accessed DIRECTLY in the 32 bit RAM

      (You'll need to dish out more money for a graphics card
       capable of similar performance that doesn't go through 
       some slow bus.)

   -> Quite a fast RS-232 port, bidirectional parallel port, built-in
      network port that sounds quite capable, built in MIDI ports,
      2 built in jystick ports, 2 built-in analog joystick ports,
      a cartrige port, a mouse that is made to work with the computer
      from day 1.

      (On PC's, an RS-232 port and Parallel port are listed as features,
       as if you're paying for them or something, not to mention they
       give you an el-cheapo keyboard FREE. Lucky buyer.)

   I'll stop here, that should be enough. For $799 U.S., you just
   will not find a computer as capable as the Falcon would be if
   it were out. Including the Amiga 1200. The Amiga 1200 is pretty
   close, and will probably sell well because it is a very good deal
   (that is, regardless of whether the Falcon has a DSP or not.)

  And thanks to Eric R. Smith the Falcon will run on quite a decent
  multitasking operating system. It has pipes, forks, shared text,
  universal drives, and looks pretty good. The whole operating system
  runs pretty smoothly (I have seen Multi-tos at the Atari Messe '92)
  and I don't think any $799 PC configuration would ever come close
  to the performance of the Falcon, especially were it running
  a Microsoft's DOS and WINDOWS setup.

  My point for all this is that It seems to me that at the price,
  the Falcon030 has _many_ things to make it an overall _much_
  better computer than similarly priced Macs and PC's. The Amiga 1200
  seems nice too, although for now, I kinda want a...
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