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From: rehrauer@apollo.HP.COM (Steve Rehrauer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Comments on STE -- (un)known facts
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Date: 30 Nov 89 17:52:00 GMT
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In article <1824@atari.UUCP> apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:
[ A description of some of the video nifties in the 1040STe. ]
[ Later KBAD discusses some of the differences between the STe and TT
  video nifties. ]

This has probably already been asked & answered here, but...

The STe appears to be the first "ST" that offers fundamental hardware
improvements that software can take advantage of.  The TT, of course,
is another beast altogether, although it will apparently be backwards
compatible with "ST software".

Obviously no one in their right mind will write STe software that isn't
downwardly compatible to the existing STs (for awhile yet, anyway -- I
HOPE!!).  But it'd sure be nice to use the STe's video nifties when
present.  Is there an approved method for software to discover what
platform it's running on, other than (KLUDGE ALERT!) checking the TOS
revision #?

Please tell me it IS so!  (And also what it is! ;-)
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