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s914534@minyos.xx.rmit.OZ.AU (UT) writes:
: jornmoe@fredrik.atari.no (Joern Moe) writes:
: 
: >These days the atari and amiga people are arguing which computer have 
: >the fastest cpu (Falcon 030 versus A1200). The 68030 have better performance 
: >than a 68020 when placed in an equal arcitecture. Additionaly the A1200 runs
: >at 14.4 Mhz, wheras the F030 runs at 16Mhz (i realy think its 16.01xxxMhz)
: >giving it a extra 10% over the A1200. Summing it all up, my bet is that
: >this is a dead race!
: 
: Shouldn't that be 16Mhz - 25% ?
: 
: Also the Falcon doesn't have the custom graphics chips that the 1200 has,
: so its going to be slower still. Remember the ST 68000 was faster than the
: the 68000 used in the Amiga - yet most Amiga games ran faster than their ST
: counterparts - because everything had to be done by the CPU in the ST.
: 
: I can't see much changing - musicians will go for the Falcon, the general 
: public will go the 1200. In Europe its the games that sell machines, and 
: with its better graphics specifications, Atari marketing and the well known
: Amiga name, the 1200 will wipe the floor with the Falcon (when/if it becomes
: available).

Right on!  I wouldn't be suprised if in 18 months from now Atari will be no
more.

Will