From: Chris_Millar@lppl.mi.org (Chris Millar)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Atari Falcon Discount Supermachine  Re: Sydnes is gone?!!
Distribution: world
Date: 26 Aug 92 21:05:23 EST
Organization: Les's Place BBS

As a matter of fact, Atari DID lose 20 million - First quarter of 1992, I  


believe - according to their Quarterly Report - I think you overestimate   


Commodore's financial security, and underestimate Atari's. (I am a         


stockholder, you see - I get all of the 10K forms)



I am not bragging about the Falcon's audio capabilities, although they DO  


eclipse those of any other computer in it's price range (and several others


for that fact.) I see you have christened yourself "master of debate"...I
am   

merely stating a fact.  The 16 bit DMA sound engine can produce or record  


sound at up to a maximum of 50kHz - if you require a faster rate, you can  


"kick in" the DSP and utilize it at up to 1Mhz.  It's as simple as that.

You are, in fact, correct about the Falcon's resolution - for some odd
reason, 

nothing on the net's or online services had cleared this matter up until a 


couple of days ago.  Maximum true color resolution is 640x400 interlaced.  


Maximum colors in 640x480 resolution is 256 colors, or 8 bit planes.  

As far as your "crack" about "pseudo-true color", what is fake about it?  

the definition of True Color has been distorted as of late - many claiming 


that True Color is 32 bit graphics or higher.  The REAL definition of True 


Color is an unlimited palette - which the Falcon has in "True Color" modes.


The fact that only 16 bit is displayable is besides the point - unlimited  


palette is the key.

You are correct that TOS is BASED on 68000 CP/M, but a BASE does not define


the entire system - I could easily add that the Amiga was designed to be a 


game machine - does that make any difference now? I don't think so.

I think that you underestimate the programming prowess of Alan Pratt.  He  


completely redesigned MiNT to hook into TOS - it is actually a rather      


brilliant piece of programming - unfortunately Mr. Alan Pratt has been
hired   

away to work on the Taligent project (IBM/Apple).  You mentioned a
"kludge", 

well, AmigaDOS 1.3 comes to mind........

Yes, the A600 borders on the "toy" range, but I believe it has a market
-and   

that it will sell.  The Falcon, too, has a market, and is has a            


price/performance ratio that puts it directly up against the Mac LC II, Mac


Classic II, and IIsi.  In essence you are making yourself look rather 

ridiculous - your close-mindedness and anti-Atari bias are clouding your
view 

of reality - may I suggest an institution?

I fail to understand your logic about Calamus SL.  I assume you are an
Amiga 

user (brilliant leap of reason there, eh? <G>), that being said, since when


does the "most popular" application mean anything in terms of function?

Their are millions upon millions of PC users, does anyone besides an Amiga 

user use an Amiga?  Does anyone besides an Amiga user use a Video Toaster? 

(Well, actually, yes - those DOS-box to Amiga links-ups are lame.) All of 

these are rhetorical questions - whether people actually use something
doesn't 

define how good it actually is.  You probably feel that your Amiga is the
best 

computer, yet millions would dispute that - even if it was technically 

superior.  The same goes for Calamus SL - extraordinary features, VERY nice


modular design, and a reasonable price. (Although, it IS a professional 

program - reasonable price for professionals, maybe.)

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