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In article <H.mcBUgFWEjuY@fredrik.atari.no>, jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no (Joern Moe) writes:
|> 
|> Comodore officialy say that 60% of current A500 software works on the A1200.
|> Impressive? I don't think so!
|> 
|> Compo (large german company that develop and sell ST/TT/Falcon software and
|> hardware addons) have had a thorough test of a large base of existing ST 
|> software to see if it worked on the Falcon 030, and they found that 95% (no 
|> kiddin', ninty-five%) do run!
|> This is even better than what Atari self hoped for, and it is MUCH better
|> than what the TT can show up with. I have a TT and have little problems to 
|> get the software I need.
|> 

Yeah... There's a small problem with that though... Atari said to all the
magazine publishers that the Falcon wasn't particularly supposed to be compatible
with the STe, so that's what their writing. The games press are saying that the
A1200 is better 'cause 60% of standard Amiga stuff (exactly what that means I'm
not sure) will run.

A good bit to get people flaming is...

With regard to A500 games...

60% of A600 stuff runs on the A1200
80% of A500+ stuff runs on the A600
50% of A500 stuff runs on the A500+.

Which in total isn't a particularly good compatibility rating!

:-)

David.

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