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Article #38115Re: Atari TT graphics
From: T.WOLF
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1989 13:29
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 1989 13:29
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In article <1413@sdcc15.ucsd.edu>, pa1132@sdcc15.ucsd.edu (pa1132) writes:
> According to the newest issue of "ST Report", the graphic
> resolution of the Atari TT will be 1280x960 mono, 640x400 16 colors,
> and
> 320x200 256 colors. Is this info accurate? If this is true, then
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> how can the TT have a future, when the Amiga 500 , at about $700,
> have about the same graphic power (as far as the color resolution
> is concerned)? Atari, you really make Atari users disappointing
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> over and over again.
FLAME ON...
Now, I'm usually the last person to defend Atari, but this is getting a bit
much. The 'authour' of this article wasn't sure of the information
(by his own admission) he provided. But that evidently didn't stop him
from expressing his "sorrow" over Atari's choice of capabilities for the TT.
Now, I don't know what capabilities the TT will have once introduced. Perhaps
it will feature the resolutions described above, perhaps it will not. Until
we're certain of the facts, we should refrain from the sort of comments made
in the above article.
...FLAME OFF
BTW, I would be quite happy with 1280x960 mono (if the monitor is larger
than 13'' :-) If the graphics are done off-cpu (ie. the 68020, if that
is what the TT will have, doesn't have to do all the work) and at reasonable
speed (for X-type work) I would be ecstatic.
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+---------------+-----------------------------+ I don't remember,
| Tom Wolf | Phone: (201) 949-2079 | I don't recall,
| Bell Labs, NJ | E-mail: twolf@homxb.att.com | I have no memory,
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!dptcdc!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uflorida!ukma!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!att!homxb!twolf From: twolf@homxb.ATT.COM (T.WOLF) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Atari TT graphics Summary: I just don't know Message-ID: <3335@homxb.ATT.COM> Date: 18 Apr 89 13:29:28 GMT References: <1413@sdcc15.ucsd.edu> Organization: AT&T BL Holmdel NJ USA Lines: 38