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Article #25932Re: 68881 for the ST + suggestion for Atari
From: braner
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1987 16:32
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1987 16:32
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I would second Simon's call for a 68881 socket on the blitter add-on.
Of course, that would not work if the blitter is just a chip and is
simply piggy-backed on the 68000. That was one of the rumored ways
the blitter attaches. And a great way to botch the blitter _and_ the ST,
if you goof the soldering job...
Atari: if you want to shoot yourself in the foot, sell the Mega-ST with
the 68000 soldered-in instead of in a socket. "Loose chips sink ships,"
but look at what the Amiga people are doing with their socketed CPU's!
- Moshe Braner
PS: With the DMA port, the ST can send a 'dumb' laser printer the
complete 300dpi bitmap for the whole page in about 1 second.
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