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Article #6222Re: Comments on STE -- (un)known facts
From: John Kawakami
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 05:01
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 1989 05:01
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In article <3421@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> esp_05@jhunix.UUCP (Stdnt 05) writes: >You know, except for the color palette, I knew a computer with the new >features of the STe. I think it was called the Atari 800. Hardware >scrolling, ability to reload video shifter address every line, etc... >EMR Scrolling seems easier on the STE. On the 800, to get fine scrolling, you had to update address pointers AND delay/offsets. It sounds like the STE can do this strictly through offsets. I may be wrong though. How likely is it that we (users) can buy the new graphics chips and some patches to tap some of the new features?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!think!snorkelwacker!apple!genbank!agate!e260-3g!laba-1aj From: laba-1aj@e260-3g.berkeley.edu (John Kawakami) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Comments on STE -- (un)known facts Message-ID: <1989Nov29.050135.5339@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 29 Nov 89 05:01:35 GMT References: <2310@pkmab.se> <370002@acf5.NYU.EDU> <2348@pkmab.se> <1824@atari.UUCP> <3421@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Sender: usenet@agate.berkeley.edu (USENET Administrator;;;;ZU44) Reply-To: laba-1aj@e260-3g (John Kawakami) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 13