CompuServe Messages

You are right about the monitor. I am running an Atari SC1224 on my Amiga, and to me, the quality seems a lot better than the 1080. As for speed, the clock is around 15% faster on the ST, and without using any fancy graphics on either one, the processing time will reflect this. When we get into heavy DMA stuff on the Amiga, there is definitely a degradation in processing other tasks. What most people can't seem to grasp though, is that while cycles are being stolen from the 68000, the ST, doing equivalent fancy stuff would have the 68000 working on the graphics all by its lonesome, and since the custom chips are far faster then the 68000 could hope to be for these operations, the ST is at a decided disadvantage. With the addition of memory over 512K, this difference becomes a veritable gulf. I sure don't wish to start any more computer wars, but still, it irks me to see the Tramiels using tactics like they have been, both in interviews and in their ads. Regards, Larry.