bryan@ihnet.UUCP (b. k. delaney) (10/01/85)
*** DO NOT REPLACE THIS LINE WITH YOUR MESSAGE *** Is it true that the Amiga only has 8 64kx4 ram chips? If this is true than the Amiga only has 128k words of memory, while the Atari ST has 256k words of memory. The Amiga just became even more expensive compared to the ST. Also has any 3rd party company anounced any hardware products for the Amiga Bus? Can you piggy back ram chips on the Amiga, like you can on the Atari to double your memory? Also can you get a High Resolution Monochrome monitor for the Amiga like the Atari ST (640x400) text? I have been told that text on the Amiga is 640x200 color only. Enough questions. It looks like the ST is a better buy if you don't care about fancy animation hardware and you need text that is very good. Also I have herd that the hardware on the Atari ST was designed with the Idea of IBM-PC emulation in mind (Compatible key codes, drive/file formats, and printer port). Also how fast are the drives (hard and floppy) on the Amiga compared to the ST? ihnet!bryan Bryan DeLaney
jons@islenet.UUCP (Jonathan Spangler) (10/05/85)
In article <309@ihnet.UUCP> bryan@ihnet.UUCP (b. k. delaney) writes: >...IBM-PC >emulation in mind (Compatible key codes, drive/file formats, >and printer port). > ihnet!bryan > Bryan DeLaney I would be curious to find out more about the IBM emulation as I had not heard of it for the ST. Could you perhaps enlighten us and elaborate? Jonathan Spangler {ihnp4,vortex,dual}!islenet!jons -- Jonathan Spangler {ihnp4,vortex,dual}!islenet!jons