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#ST vs Amiga
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Well, except for the Magnovox. But there are NEC's, Amdek's, Atari's and
Sony's. You may have to look for a cable – but there's a guy hear named Mark
Sloatman from Practical Solutions who will make any cable…
well, what do you use? did you have to go through much cable-work to get it
working?
-allen
I've got an older (JVC-made) Atari SC1224, and my boss made a cable by matching
pinouts with the Atari and Amiga manuals, and splicing in some RCA phono cords
for the sound. It works well.
Practical Solutions is making them for $40 I believe, which is kinda steep, but
they do good work.
The newer Atari monitors are almost as good (they are a little bit worse than
the older Atari monitors, but you have to sit them side by side to compare)
but, again, you have to make sure that you buy from a dealer who adjusts them –
they don't come from the factory in very good shape.
To tell you the truth, we have a 1080 and a 1084 at work, and when I take a
game to play there (only when we are very slow of course, grin) I cringe and
grimace, and go through this ritual of explaining to everyone who works there
how much better what I'm doing REALLY looks.
I've got an older (JVC-made) Atari SC1224, and my boss made a cable by matching
pinouts with the Atari and Amiga manuals, and splicing in some RCA phono cords
for the sound. It works well.
Practical Solutions is making them for $40 I believe, which is kinda steep, but
they do good work.
The newer Atari monitors are almost as good (they are a little bit worse than
the older Atari monitors, but you have to sit them side by side to compare)
but, again, you have to make sure that you buy from a dealer who adjusts them –
they don't come from the factory in very good shape.
To tell you the truth, we have a 1080 and a 1084 at work, and when I take a
game to play there (only when we are very slow of course, grin) I cringe and
grimace, and go through this ritual of explaining to everyone who works there
how much better what I'm doing REALLY looks.
well, what do you use? did you have to go through much cable-work to get it
working?
-allen
actually, I'm asking about your atari because I think I know where I can find
one not too expensive. (sorry to drag this out so long. let me know if you've
had enough).
-allen
Hehe – well if it's not to expensive and you don't like it you can take the RAM
chips out (grin). Also there's this nice terminal program called Interlink..
a huh. think you speak with joystick in cheek.
-allen
a huh. think you speak with joystick in cheek.
-allen
Interlink?
Interlink is a wonderful terminal program for the ST – I miss it terribly.
Oh. I guess there is also nothing comprable to FLASH for the Amiga. You're
right–there's a huge void for terminal software for Amiga.
Not for long (grin) stay tuned for Amy Report 3, for a preview of something
coming …
Not for long (grin) stay tuned for Amy Report 3, for a preview of something
coming …
Oh. I guess there is also nothing comprable to FLASH for the Amiga. You're
right–there's a huge void for terminal software for Amiga.
Interlink is a wonderful terminal program for the ST – I miss it terribly.
Interlink?
Hehe – well if it's not to expensive and you don't like it you can take the RAM
chips out (grin). Also there's this nice terminal program called Interlink..
actually, I'm asking about your atari because I think I know where I can find
one not too expensive. (sorry to drag this out so long. let me know if you've
had enough).
-allen