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Article #23569Re: ADVOCACY: Falcon - Why I'm buying it...
From: SML108
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:21
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 1993 03:21
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Well to add even more of my opinion to this... First and foremost, Atari has to get the Falcon out the door. If they don't manage this in the next few months, they will have soundly established an effectively permanent reputation as the vapourware kings... After hearing about the 3do I am excited about the possibilities of the DMA connected DSP. None of the other computers will have this for a few years yet and it doesn't sound like the 3do will come with a keyboard at first. Therefore, the Falcon may have an interesting edge... If they just get the $%$$% computer out, it is clearly an excellent deal as a sampler. This is independent of any of its other uses and could provide it with a niche to survive if it otherwise stinks... I am very intrigued by the 3do; there are now 3 choices for my next computer. Amiga, Falcon, or 3do. It's going to be a fun year and my pessimism has just abated because of the 3do... I finally have a choice beyond the orphans and the clones... So sorry PC people, I see no reason to buy one now... I'd rather bring the tools I want to a new exciting and advanced platform than rely on a dinosaur with a jet engine up its bum... I'd love to see one of those perform real-time texture mapping of incoming video data heh heh... Scott - thank god the 90's just hit the computer industry
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!batcomputer!ghost.dsi.unimi.it!univ-lyon1.fr!frmop11!psuvm!sml108 Organization: Penn State University Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 22:21:21 EST From: <SML108@psuvm.psu.edu> Message-ID: <93012.222121SML108@psuvm.psu.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ADVOCACY: Falcon - Why I'm buying it... References: <C0ro2w.Gtu@ecf.toronto.edu> <C0rsr2.DDK@unix.amherst.edu> Lines: 26