Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!spworley From: spworley@athena.mit.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: A3000 compatability Keywords: A3000 guru compatability lasagna Message-ID: <1990Sep7.001728.16658@athena.mit.edu> Date: 7 Sep 90 00:17:28 GMT Sender: daemon@athena.mit.edu (Mr Background) Reply-To: spworley@athena.mit.edu Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lines: 51 Finally! I got my A3000 under the Ed. Discount plan on Tuesday- It took over a month to be delivered- it seems that they held the 1950 and CPU for two weeks until my A10 speakers could be delivered with the set (ARRRRRGGHHH!) Anyway, It's great! Wow! 2.0 is smoooooth! Enough praises- I'm posting to give a report on the programs that work on it [I haven't seen a list like this for a long time, and I was always anxious]. I upgraded from an A500 so I had a bunch of software already. A520 (RF Modulator Byoo-tee-full, although it flickers in for the A500) interlace, like you would expect. I was surprised it worked.. it doesn't on an A2000. AudioMaster II Works just fine in 2.0, though its half-screen instead of full. BattleChess Works fine in 1.3, graphics are glitchy in 2.0 DataStorm Title Screen loads, then program bombs, no matter what I try. Deluxe Paint III Works fine in 2.0, once froze when trying to do a large area fill. DigiView Gold 4.0 Works beautifully in 2.0! Someone else posted that theirs didn't work, but so far the only change I see is the image processing speed is MUCH faster. Falcon No go in 2.0, haven't tried 1.3 yet... MED 2.10 (PD) Dies in 2.0, 1.3 works fine. Perfect Sound 3.0 Some glitchy digitization, but that sometimes happened on my A500, too. PixMate No problems...[the interlaced demo pix are great!) Their Finest Hour Works fine under 2.0, though the floppy version keeps the drive spinning when it asks you to change floppies. Overall, I'm most impressed with the 3000 and 2.0! I especially like the option to show all files even if they don't have icons [wish that were a key command, like many other WB options...] The 50MB HD is nice, too. Now all I have to do is wait for AmigaVision to arrive- probably 3 months from now.. :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steven Worley Spworley@athena.mit.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------