[comp.sys.atari.st] Amiga 3000/Atari TT Comparison

BARRETT@OWL.ECIL.IASTATE.EDU (Marc Barrett) (07/31/90)

   I would like to make a few corrections and additions to the comparison
table which was in a previous message about the Atari TT.  All changes
are with respect to the Amiga 3000.


                 Comparison of standard features

                    Amiga 3000      Mac IIcx       Atari TT030

CPU                 68030           68030          68030
FPU                 Yes             Yes            Yes
Clock speed         25 Mhz          16Mhz          32 Mhz
RAM (In MB)         2 to 256        1 to 32        2 to 26
MAX RAM on          17              ?              8
  Motherboard
Burst Mode          Yes             No             Yes
ROM                 512K            256K           512K
Graphics
  Max resolution    1008 x 1024     Optional       1280 x 960
                    Non-Interlaced                 Non-Interlaced
  Max colours       4096 Colours                   256 Colours
                    from 4096                      from 4096
  Max video RAM     2 Mb                           8 Mb
Highest Colour      320x512x4096                   320x480x256
 Resolution         Non-Interlaced                 Non-Interlaced
Sound               Stereo          Stereo         Stereo
Expansion           ZorroIII        NuBus          VME
Bus Width           32 Bit          32 Bit         16 Bit
# of Slots          4               6              1
68040-Ready?        Yes             No             No
Hard disk           DMA             Non-DMA        DMA
Synchronous SCSI?   Yes             No             No
Floppy disk         Proprietary     Proprietary    Non-Proprietary
                    PC/XT Comp.     PC/AT Comp.    PC/AT Compatible
Network             No              Yes            Yes, DMA
Serial              1 x RS232       2 x RS232      4 x RS232
Parallel            Yes             No             Yes
MIDI                No              No             Yes
ROM Cartridge       No              No             Yes