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Subject: Re: Ataris
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Date: 3 Dec 90 01:32:15 GMT
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In article <37882@nigel.ee.udel.edu> PYC118%URIACC.BITNET@brownvm.brown.edu (Rasiel) writes:

>erence). Some say that the ST has superior sound becuase of its built-in
>MIDI but the fact is MIDI is readily available for the Amiga for a mere $30
>and that doesn't say anything about its sound chip which is the same as the
>ST's I think (8 bit, 4 channel, right?). The biggest downfall for the Atari
                     ^^^--isn't it 3.... 
A friend of mine has one and we compared them side by side running the
same software and I was shocked to learn that it had three voices. When I had  my C=128 I was annoyed to learn that Atari's had four voices and C='s had three. I was chagrined when my friends ST had three and the Amiga 1000 had four.    That extra voice allows a melody and Trio chord to be played... important.

>still a better deal than a Mac SE because of color. And they are inarguably
>dirt-cheap. If only they had more presence in the US and could emulate more
>machines (like, sure, Amiga!) they'd be more successful.



The other thing I noticed was color. We were both running Barbarian, the only
software we had in common. His looked rather bland in color. It's good, don't
get me wrong, and without an Amiga next to it you may not even notice a 
difference. However, My Amiga 1000 had a better range of colors and sounded
better in comparison to this particular ST. 
//B//