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From: hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu)
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Subject: Re: Delta Modul AT-emulator
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Date: 21 Dec 90 06:36:42 GMT
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In article <1990Dec19.213756.23247@santra.uucp> s37837k@saha.hut.fi (Jari Lehto) writes:
>DELTA MODUL
> 
>386sx AT-Emulator for Atari ST/Mega
> 
>Hardware
> 
>        Intel 80386sx 16MHz processor
>        16 Kb cache
>        socket for 80387sx arithmetic co-processor

Not bad. Not blazing, but not bad...

> 
>        Motorola MC 68000 16MHz processor
>        16 Kb cache
>        socket for 68881 arithmetic co-processor
>        average acceleration 170% compared to original ST

Sounds cool...


>        16 bit AT-slot
>        total of 3 cards possible
>        (for example VGA or SuperVGA graphics-card)

>        RAM-expansion 2 or 4 Mb
>        makes possible to run MS-DOS- and GEM-program parallelly
> 
>Software
> 
>        Switching between operating systems is like switching between
>        programs.
>        MS-DOS programs are started from GEM-Desktop.
>        Supports ST hardware, like DMA, serial port, parallel port, clock etc.
> 
>        Graphics-emulations: Hercules, CGA
>        MS-Mouse compatible driver for Atari Mouse
>        VDI-driver for using VGA-graphics-card under Atari GEM
*This* would be nice - the ST's graphics really haven't improved a whole lot
in such a long time. Even the 12 bit palette on the STe, as nice as it is,
doesn't compare to the 24-bit palettes on PCs with 8 bitplanes, or the Macs
and their 24-32 bit cards. I don't mind the palette size so much, but the tiny
number of bitplanes is a real drag. 12 bitplanes would be about satisfactory,
I guess. (Although I guess that makes for pretty huge color-lookup tables. You
don't *need* the CLUT if you have a 12 bit palette and 12 bitplanes, but it
makes it easier to achieve nifty color scrolling effects that way...  }-)
> 
>Prices
> 
>        Delta Modul AT-Emulator             1.198,- DM
>        1x 16 bit AT-Slot                      29,- DM
>        2x 16 bit AT-Slot                      39,- DM
>        3x 16 bit AT-Slot                      49,- DM
>        RAM-card 2 Mb                         898,- DM
> 
>Where
> 
>                 OMEGA Computer Systeme GmbH
>                 Oeltzenstr. 14
>                 D-3000 Hannover 1
>                 Germany (West-side)
> 
>                 Tel. int +49 511 17294, +49 511 13635
>                 Fax. int +49 511 18289
>
>	*** Jari Lehto, jartsu@otax.hut.fi, s37837k@saha.hut.fi ***


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