Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU!MQUINN%UTCVM From: MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Stellar 7 re-release Message-ID: <9012120353.AA26625@apple.com> Date: 12 Dec 90 03:44:49 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 38 On Mon, 10 Dec 90 21:23:20 GMT said: > >I thought Amiga had the best sound, even though the new Atari STe has an >even better sound chip than in the Amiga. (This I read in a review) I have >heard the Roland MT-32, and to say the least, it was incredible! Amiga??? Better SOUND? Nope. The GS's sound is equal to the Amiga's sound squared... that is, the Amiga produces 4 voices while the GS produces 15 (or more with clever programming). >The problem still with a GS is that its too slow. (I know, you can get >Transwarp, or ZipGS, but you can't rely on someone having it.) I've used a >GS a lot, but what is the standard speed of one? The GS's native speed is 2.8Mhz...7Mhz Transwarped and 8+Mhz Ziped. BTW, a 1Mhz GS is FASTER than a 4.77Mhz ibm. The official Apple notes say that the Apple //e (1Mhz) is equal to about .5 MIPS. I would imagine, that the GS in native mode is 2.8 times this (1.4MIP S?) if that .5MIPS is correct. Is that the way it works? Anyone? I'm really stepping out of my league when I'm talking about MIPS. > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ryan 'Gozar' Collins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > o__)\ rlcollins@miavx1.BITNET > / ) RC1DSANU@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu > / / ____ R.COLLINS1 (On GEnie) > /(____/__(_) o)_/ > /) [ || ] Atari Computers, > "There is no Substitute." [ || ] They're not just > Vs lbh pna ernq guvf, lbh'er geniryvat // || \\ for breakfast > gbb pybfr! // || \\ anymore >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yea, right, thats what I said.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------------------------------------- Michael J. Quinn University of Tennessee at Chattanooga BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm pro-line-- mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com