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- > > Magnus said :
- > >
- > > >What did you think about the new computers from Direct? Nice? :-)
- > > >Looks like we will get '100' different Atari compatible computers. Can only
- > > >be good new as it will lower the price and if they release a DSP card for
- > > >these machines, we can start talking! :-)
- > > >
- > > >I'm thinking of getting a 060 with 5 ParseC44.... :-)))
- > > >I only have to find the money. :-)
- > >
- > > Blood and guts ! ANOTHER TT clone ? Why can't they clone a Falcon ? I
- > > prefer to wait a little more, and get a brand new CENT... :> Seems to be more
- > > sexy... 8> Moreover, those TT clones are based on the buggy TOS... CENTaur is
- > > an 'illuminated', and he is really able to make something GRRRREAATTT... :)
- >
- > I'm afraid I'll have to agree. It's not very good to have non-Falcon-compatible Atari-clone.
- > There are already enough of those TT-clones. What we need is a
-
- The problem is that building a TT clone is so much esier. The TT is straight forward built with
- mostly standard components while the Falcon is a piece of art.
-
- > 100% _completely_ Falcon compatible computer, that runs all the avaiable Falcon-specific
- > programs like CUBASE AUDIO Falcon, APEX Media, BAD MOOD (of course :-)), Demos (as many as
- > possible at least), Various Falcon-games, all those cool DSP-applications like WINREC,
- > SUPERSAM, ZERO-X etc.etc.etc.
-
- There is _strong_ rumors that the Hades will get an DSP/sound card soon and I guess it will be
- a PCI one so it should fit in all the new TT clones making them Falcon clones (almost).
- The VIDEL in the Falcon isn't very usefull anyway so demos will probably not work. What we need
- is a TT clone with a falcon compatible DSP/Sound card and a 060. This will make most program for the
- falcon to work except the ones that uses the strange graphics modes on the falcon (demos,
- games, Aepx :-( etc.) mut well written programes like WinRec (if you can call that 'well'
- written...), Zero-X, Supersam etc. to work (GEM-programs). Who needs a crappy VIDEL when you can
- get a _sppeeeddyyy_ PCI graphics card with 4MB of video-RAM? :-)
-
- And I bet that Doug and the boys at BSS have made clever display code making it easy for then
- to replace the display code for new one when a new power full falcon 'clone' arrives. We must
- walk into 'graphics card land' sooner or later.
-
-
- > Get the drift ?
- >
- > Anyway if the companies can't make a proper Falcon-clone, there's always the possibility of
- > buying a C-Lab Falcon and plug an AfterBurner+NEMESIS in it.
-
- One of the main problems with 'compatibility' is that we will lose something else on the way.
- Just look at the crippled Falcon becuase of ST-compatibility. Do we realy want another falcon?
- And you will not come near a TT clone with a 060 with that piece of kit. Did you see the MIPS
- for the 060 compared with the 040? :-))))) Speeeedddyyyy...
-
- //Magnus Kollberg
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