Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!portal!cup.portal.com!-Rich- From: -Rich-@cup.portal.com (Richard Sherman Payne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Stellar 7 re-release Message-ID: <36892@cup.portal.com> Date: 14 Dec 90 02:04:52 GMT References: <36863@cup.portal.com> <9012131556.AA27137@tortoise.cis.ohio-state.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 56 >In article <36863@cup.portal.com> you write: >>Hi all, >> >> I own both an Amiga 500 (with a 1084S moniter, S is for stereo), and >>an Apple //gs. The amiga sounds much better than a ROM 1 //gs. I have not >>heard a ROM3. I have heard a friends, with the Bose speakers in stereo, and >>the sound is great, but I cannot enjoy it for all of the noise. On paper, the >>//gs is better. Hearing both, running normal programs, the Amiga is better. >> >> But I have not turned on my Amiga since I moved, and have purchaced >>a HD for my //gs, and a ZipChip, which dosent work with my RAMFAST. Given a >>choice, I use my Apple //gs. But in real life, Amiga has better sound than >>a ROM1 machine. This may not be true for a ROM3 however... > >Huh? The ROM 3 machine simply has a different ROM than the ROM 1 machine. >There are is no major HW differences (except maybe the keyboard stuff). >I have a feeling from your comments that you haven't seen the GS's sound Where have you been. There was a major board redesign, and one major improvement was that the sound circuitry was better isolated. This is one reason why you cannot upgrade from a ROM1 to a ROM3 without a motherboard swap. It is not just that the ROM's are twice as large. >capabilities unleashed.. Have you heard Diversi-Tune or synthLAB??? >SoundSmith is nice, but it isn't the best.. I really doubt that the >Amiga's sound can take on the IIgs.. (I'm not saying the Amiga is bad, just >that the GS's sound capabilities are far greater than those of the Amiga). I have heard both, on a ROM1 with Stereo and BOSE speakers. The noise drove me to distraction. But I do not have a system souped for sound. On stock systems, the programs that use sound sound better on the Amiga. This is my personal observation of course. >If you want your Zip Chip to work with your RamFast, call Zip Tech. and >ask for the ROM upgrade... Sorry, my Zip SHOULD work with the RAMFAST, according to Zip Customer service. But it hangs in boot, no matter whose drivers I use, or how I set the switches. Nothing mentioned on the net on this topic has helped. And Roger Coats does not answer their phones. Merry Christmas everyone... > >> >> Rich >> -Rich-@cup.portal.com > >-- >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> Tim Meekins <<>> Snail Mail: <<>> Apple II << >>> meekins@cis.ohio-state.edu <<>> 8372 Morris Rd. <<>> Forever! << >>> timm@pro-tcc.cts.com <<>> Hilliard, OH 43026 <<>> << >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rich again...