From: klasmekj@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Kevin J. Klasmeier)
Subject: Comparisons between two fine machines...
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 08:26:07 GMT

This is not to start any FIGHTING between the "maturity impaired," but to
point out the differences between the F030 and the Amiga 1200. They both look
like fine machines, please don't start any wars. This message was downloaded
from GEnie; therefore, I didn't make it, so don't complain to me if there
is any misinformation. I set it here for your information because I thought
most of you would enjoy it, P_L_E_A_S_E  DON'T START ANY BRAWLING THROUGH
THIS NEWSGROUP, We don't care to read it.



Comparisons between two fine machines: the F030, and the Amiga 1200.



                        Atari Falcon         CBM Amiga 1200
CPU                        68030              68EC020
speed(Mhz)                   16                14.32
data path(bit)               16                  32
address space(bit)           24                  24

FPU                      optional            optional
type                     68881/68882         68881/68882

DSP                      yes                 no
type                     56001               N/A
speed(Mhz)               32                  N/A

MEMORY & EXPANSION
ram(base model)          1 MB of 16bit       2 MB of 32bit
max ram                  14 MB               10 MB
type                     proprietary board   proprietary & PCMCIA 2.0
rom                      512K                512K to 2MB

DISK DRIVES
floppy                   3.5" 1.44Mb HD      3.5" 880K
format                   Atari\DOS           Amiga w\DOS utility prg
hard                     internal optional   internal optional
type                     2.5" IDE            2.5" IDE

I/O
keyboard                 attached w/numeric  attached w/numeric
mouse/joystick           2 reg 2 analog      2 reg
serial                   RS-232C             RS-232
parallel                 BI-directional      Centronics
video-out                analog RGB\VGA      analog\RGB\VGA\SVGA
                         composite\RF        composite\RF
audio-in                 stereo 1/8"mini     no
     -out                stereo 1/8"mini     stereo RCA
external floppy          no                  yes
internal IDE             yes                 yes
external SCSI            yes SCSI II w/DMA   no
midi                     in, out/thru        no
DSP                      yes(1 MHZ trans)    no
network                  Localtalk LAN       no

EXPANSION                processor direct    cpu expansion slot
                         128K cartridge      PCMCIA 2 slot

SOUND
resolution               16bit\50Khz         8bit\50Khz
channels                 8                   4
input                    yes\stereo          no
output                   stereo              stereo

VIDEO
resolution-minimun       320x200             320x200
          -maximum       640x480             800x600\1280x400\640x960
palette(colors)          65,536              16.8 million
maximum displayed        65,536(640x400)     256,000(all res)
overscan                 yes                 yes

MISC
clock                    yes                 optional

OPERATING SYSTEM
type                     multitasking gui    multitasking gui
location                 rom\disk            rom\disk

SOFTWARE(included)
                         MultiTOS 4.0        AmigaDOS 3.0
                         D2D-Hard disk       CrossDOS-MSDOS utility
                          recording          misc utilities
                         Audio Fun Machine-
                          FX processor
                         misc utilities &
                          games

PRICE(retail)            $799.00             $699.00

FINAL NOTES: Both of these machines are housed in a single case. They DO
NOT have detached keyboards. The Atari Falcon is in the same case as
it's predesessor the STE, and the Amiga 1200 is in a restyled case
similar to the Amiga 500.
     As of this writing(12/11/92), neither machine is available in the
United States, but both are expected to be available in January. The
software bundled with the Falcon & Amiga 1200 is still subject to
change.


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Once again, those of you who havn't mentally reached the age of 16, don't
feud, we don't wish to hear you. This was brought to you strictly to
inform you of the comparisons between two fine machines.

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(->**************************************************************************<-)(-> Kevin Klasmeier  InterNet: Klasmekj@ucunix.san.uc.edu  GEnie: K.KLASMEIER<-)(-> I rather be using a Falcon030. Don't bother me when I'm listening to RUSH<-)(->**************************************************************************<-)