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In article <860712132429.00001299.AANZ.AA@UMass> Flash@UMass.BITNET (Rick Flashman) writes:

>He also rumored that BI is planning a terminal program that will do
>multiple emulation. From VT220, Regis Graphics, to Techtronix 1040.

Would it be possible to "capture" the pictures on the ST in, say DEGAS
format?  Not essential, but boy would it be nice !!!

>Not much else. But he did talk about the BLITTER chip. Which should be
>out at the end of the summer. (Or so he claims Tramiel himself told him).
>From what I hear, it is a board that you will plug into the socket of
>the 68000 in the ST, it has the blitter chip on it. You then plug the
>68000 into it) Sorry for those with a 520ST, only the 1040ST has a
>removable 68000 chip.

O.K. Neal, What's the story here.  I knew that the early machines didn't
socket the 68K, but what about the more recent releases/revisions of the
520?  Has the RAM expansion header been added yet?

>Seems that with GDOS, the ST will become resolution independent, so
>Atari is rumored to be considering releasing a 1,024 x 1,024 resolution
>monitor. One source mentioned that it will also have 8 colors. I dunno.

I had guessed this could be done, is there a chance of getting/setting
various high-res interlaced modes.