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2 total messages Started by jamesp Thu, 05 Dec 1985 06:40

#1725

Author: jamesp
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1985 06:40

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Quick Question:

Does the Atari 520ST have video display circuitry or is the 68000 bogged down
hopelessly like the Macintosh?  I have this friend that keeps bugging me, say
that the cpu will be operating at only one third of its full capability,
because of the need for video refresh, etc.  Hearing "Its processor is as slow
as a Mac" is making me get homicidal <heavy breathing, flared nostrils,
clenched fists!> :^)

And a few more questions:

Does TOS (or whatever the OS is called) support the same, standard prompt-based,
line-oriented interaction as do UNIX and MS-DOS and CPM?  Or am I going to be
forced to use the GEM metaphor (ugh!).  I much prefer sitting there looking at
a prompt and seeing the screen scroll for most of my work.

Much Thanx,
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"All that is gold does not glitter;	   tektronix!orstcs!jamesp
 Not all those who wander are lost."	(In real life: James Perkins)

Re: ST Questions

#1752

Author: Jwahar R. Bammi
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1985 19:04

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> Quick Question:
> 
> Does the Atari 520ST have video display circuitry or is the 68000 bogged down
> hopelessly like the Macintosh?  I have this friend that keeps bugging me, say
> that the cpu will be operating at only one third of its full capability,
> because of the need for video refresh, etc.  Hearing "Its processor is as slow
> as a Mac" is making me get homicidal <heavy breathing, flared nostrils,
> clenched fists!> :^)

It does have hardware to support graphics. The 68000 is certainly not
bogged down. The Nov. 85 Byte article comparing C compilers for the
Mac. had some benchmarks. The ST (using AClyon C compiler) ran these
benchmarks at 2 to 3 times the speed of the best figures published
there. The sizes were in the same league. So now you can make your
friend eat his words :-)
> 
> And a few more questions:
> 
> Does TOS (or whatever the OS is called) support the same, standard prompt-based,
> line-oriented interaction as do UNIX and MS-DOS and CPM?  Or am I going to be
> forced to use the GEM metaphor (ugh!).  I much prefer sitting there looking at
> a prompt and seeing the screen scroll for most of my work.

Tos itself does not have a command processor. There are three that i
have used.
	- Micro C Shell: extermely nice. Much like the one i am using
now. 
	- command.prg : comes with the development system. Msdos
like.
	- Hos: comes with Habba C. Unix like, not quite as nice as
Micro C Shell.


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