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From: oleg@crash.cts.com (Oleg Rovner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Purchase decision, to STe or not?
Message-ID: <4619@crash.cts.com>
Date: 24 Sep 90 01:34:29 GMT
Organization: Crash TimeSharing, El Cajon, CA
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Here's the scoop. I need advice on whether to buy a 1040STe or an
Amiga 500. I have owned Amigas for 5 years, and so I am familiar with
their features. I don't know diddly about the new STe other than 4096
colors, stereo, and 4Mbytes  board by using different SIMMs.

The questions that I have are as follow|s:

1. Is there software to take advantage of the new modes

2. What sort of good (ie real time, 640x400x4)4 or 5 or 6)
animation/painting software is there for the STe

3. If I want to run DTP stuff, do I need the monochrome monito{ ?

BTW does STe have high res color, or is it the same as the ST,
640x200is
the highest color resolution? Does the STe do full real overscan?

I am not trying to start a flame war, and flames will not really help,
as I need to make the decision by next week at the latest, so please
help out.

OR

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