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From: navas@sim.uucp (David C. Navas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Atari TT specs
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Date: 3 Aug 90 14:54:44 GMT
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In article <2344@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil> nfs1675@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil ( Michael S Figg) writes:
>>                     Amiga 3000      Mac IIcx       Atari TT030
>> RAM (In MB)         2 to 256        1 to 32        2 to 26
>                           ^^^
>       I thought the 3000 could address something like 16 Gig, or are we
>       stuck with ONLY 256M  ;)

No.  The original Amiga's could *address* 16 megs of memory.  It had a 24 bit
address space and 2^24 = 16777216.  The new Amiga has a 32 bit address space.
Each of these computers can *address* 4gig of memory.  However, just as
addressable RAM space was limited to ~9megs on the original Amiga, the new
Amiga's also have their limits -- I'm not sure of the accuracy of the
number, though.  Regardless 2^32 = 4294967296 (or is it 4296967294 -- I forget)
16gig is too big..

>>   Max colours       4096 Colours                   256 Colours
>>                     from 4096                      from 4096
>	  Isn't the palette on the Amiga 16k?

Only in the wishful thinking of the net.. :)
These numbers are accurate -- though I'm sure NewTek wil have a DynaHiRes
displayer that will show 4096 colors at the 640x400 resolution, so the max
res. for these colors was *somewhat* incorrect...

>> Network             No              Yes            Yes, DMA
>
>       What about all the networking options that CBM announced at the same
>       time as the 3000? They sounded like the tools that are needed to
>       compete with the PC and MAC (and yes, even the Atari).

I believe he's talking of included networks.  Now if Cmdre would write some
network drivers that used the SCSI connect we might be able to claim network
capabilities (DMA at that), but all networking options are after the fact, and
16bit :(

David Navas                                   navas@sim.berkeley.edu
"Excuse my ignorance, but I've been run over by my train of thought."  -me