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From: rbrown@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Russell Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 8) Research Help (8
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Date: 23 Oct 89 01:46:58 GMT
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In article <5072@cps3xx.UUCP> conklin@frith.UUCP (Terry Conklin) writes:
>I challenge any statement that says the 8-bit
>is out-of-date. The Atari 8-bit, designed in '78 or not, can
>still produce graphics beyond the capabilities of the current
>IBM standard, EGA.

	I'm not real up on new math, but how is

	(320 X 192 X monochrome) > (640 X 350 X 16 colors)?

	If that was a typo, and intended to be CGA, rather than EGA, then
I ask, how is even

	(320 X 192 X monochrome) > (320 X whatever X 4 colors)?

I mean, player missiles and stuff like that are neat, and all that, but I'm not
buying.  I mean, I have two each 400s and 800s, and together they don't add
up to EGA.  Which brings up a point.  Does anyone know offhand why Atari didn't
use the TI sprite chip, instead of the (oh, shoot.  I'm confused now.  Was it
the Antic that controlled the player-missiles?  My father has all of the manuals
and I can't remember offhand.)  Am I misremembering due to my tender age and all
that, or weren't those chips available at the time?

						Russell G. Brown,
						rbrown@svax.cs.cornell.edu