802360644%RUMAC@upr1.upr.cun.edu (Angel Asencio) (06/28/90)
Hi everybody:
Here are some questions about magazine articles:
Amazing Computing / Amiga (June 1990):
(pag 10)
REACH OUT AND TOUCH AMIGA:
. Here talks about the Amiga touch driver from MicroTouch Systems.
.?driver software and *optional* monitor? The driver enables all-mouse
.driven software to work with touch input.
.Price $350.00
How relayable is with a normal 1084?
(pag 48)
PULSAR CREATES A PC-COMPATIBLE A500:
. Power PC Board that fits in the expansion slot beneath the A500 and
. is both an expansion card for the A500 and a PC-XT computer.
. Runs MS-DOS from the 3.5" internal drive, or will support external
. 3.5" or 5.25" drives.
. Support Hercules, CGA and Monocrome video displays.
. Hardware: Phoenix Bios, Clock/Calendar, 704K RAM plus EMS and NEC
. V30 8MHz.
. Software: Microsoft 4.01, MS DOS shell, GW Basic, CrossDos. Also
. supplies a spreadsheet, database, and wordprocessor for the PC unit.
. Promised: supplies an additional 512K RAM as well as a 512K RAM
. Disk. Faster that the bridgeboard, serial port, parallel port,
. joystick port and mouse support.
. Intruductory price $550.00
Anyone has seen or used it to tell how true is it?
AmigaWorld (June 1990):
(pag 2)
CALIGARI:
Neat presentation! How much memory I'll need to do that?, and
what is a Targa card?
(pag 15)
Disney's Animation Studio:
(this is not a question, only to mention)
To all artists, Animation contest for a trip for four to Walt Disney
World.
(pag 59)
FUSION-FORTY:
. Processor MC68040
. Clock Speed 25 Mhz
. Mips 20-27
. MFLOPS 3.5+
. Cache Size 4Kbytes x 2
. Burst Yes
Any one has used it? How well it performs?
What is BURST?, also the processor i80046 (IBM) has it.
This is not in magazine, but;
there's anyway to boot from the external drive.
(a friend of mine is having problem with his A500 internal drive)
Any comentary, suggestion, ect... welcome,
Angel //
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