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From: c184-au@holden.Berkeley.EDU (Dan Filner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: World of Atari
Keywords: JRI, 4096
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Date: 24 Apr 89 17:02:05 GMT
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Reply-To: c184-au@holden.Berkeley.EDU (Dan Filner)
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I myself just got back from the World of Atari fair and wanted to mention
some things :
I saw PC Ditto II at the fair : it's not what I expected.  There is NO 8088
on the board, in fact no microprocessor at all! It's not just a PC
installed inside the ST : the software just makes use of the board for 
certain operations involving "graphics and computation", according to
the PC-Ditto rep.  The net result is a CGA PC that runs a bit faster than
a 10 mhz PC clone.  I myself am gonna buy one when it's finally out there.
(I am NOT associated with whatever company (Avant-Garde??) makes PC-DITTO)

To clear up a misstatement I read by another fair-goer, the JRI 4096 Color
Board (released at the fair) does not allow 4096 colors on the screen
at once. (I wish!!)
What it DOES do is allow 4-bit control over the RGB
components of your color palette.  That is, levels of color 0-15 instead
of 0-7.  This brings the ST's palette control up to the level of the
Amiga and allows for direct ports of Amiga pics without loss of color
info. (list price $49.95 + you need an atari Shifter Chip ($25) )
Programs such as Spectrum 512 will be supporting this board in the near
future, so then 4096 on the screen at once would be possible...
(No-solder installation) Call JRI or get your Dealer to.
(I  AM  associated with JRI.. but someone had the facts wrong)

Dan Filner
Software Developer
John Russell Innovations