Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!rlcollins From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Once again, questions concerning the ensoniq chip... Message-ID: <5146.28201476@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 2 May 91 18:30:30 GMT References: <9105020034.AA14949@apple.com> Lines: 39 [I sent a similar message to Scott, but I thought I would clear up some misconceptions for all of you] In article <9105020034.AA14949@apple.com>, MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes: > On Mon, 29 Apr 91 21:01:51 GMT SCOTT ALFTER said: >>In article <5069.281c1c71@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> >>At least >>the II has a past (and some future) and the IBM clones and (ugh) Macs >>have a future. You're stuck with neither if you have an ST. Besides, >>the ST's graphics aren't all that impressive--only 512 colors? Even >>the IIGS does better! (You probably wouldn't have a 3200-color mode >>even if you did have the 4K colors, either.) Processors? Atari is > > The Ataris' 512 color mode is done using the same technique the GS uses to > get 3200 colors. The ST can only display 16 per line and has to use > CPU cycles to get 512 colors... then, you're stuck and can't do anything else. The entire 68000 and 68030 line that Atari now makes is capable of 4096 colors. They also have hardware scrolling, DMA sound, and a 16 MHz option. >>still toying with the 68000 when Apple and Commodore have moved to the >>68030. Expandability? Where are the slots? Slots have kept the >>Apple II alive for 14 years! > > Atari just came out with a new computer. It uses the 68030. I think it has > a 4,096 color pallete too, but I'm not sure. It STILL doesn't have slots > though. It's also about 2 or 3 thousand dollars. Even the 1040 STe has 4096 colors, and it only costs $400. (With one floppy and a meg of RAM) The Mega STe and the TT both have one slot, which is a VME slot. (And with all the built-ins, slot become more of an expensive option rather than a conveinence.) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ryan 'Gozar' Collins Question for MAC Users: rlcollins@miavx1.BITNET |||| Power Without What IS the format of a rc1dsanu@miamiu.BITNET / || \ The Price!! MAC HFS floppy disk? R.COLLINS1 on GEnie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------