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  1.      The following is part two of my comparison between computers based 
  2. on the Motorola 68xxx series chips. In my previous upload I compared 
  3. the new Atari Falcon to Apple's new Performa line. This time, Commodore 
  4. has a new computer out. Please feel free notify me of any wrong
  5. information.
  6.  
  7.                         Atari Falcon         CBM Amiga 1200
  8. CPU                        68030              68EC020
  9. speed(Mhz)                   16                14.32
  10. data path(bit)               16                  32
  11. address space(bit)           24                  24
  12.  
  13. FPU                      optional            optional
  14. type                     68881/68882         68881/68882
  15.  
  16. DSP                      yes                 no
  17. type                     56001               N/A
  18. speed(Mhz)               32                  N/A
  19.  
  20. MEMORY & EXPANSION
  21. ram(base model)          1 MB of 16bit       2 MB of 32bit
  22. max ram                  14 MB               10 MB
  23. type                     proprietary board   proprietary & PCMCIA 2.0
  24. rom                      512K                512K to 2MB
  25.  
  26. DISK DRIVES
  27. floppy                   3.5" 1.44Mb HD      3.5" 880K
  28. format                   Atari\DOS           Amiga w\DOS utility prg
  29. hard                     internal optional   internal optional
  30. type                     2.5" IDE            2.5" IDE
  31.  
  32. I/O
  33. keyboard                 attached w/numeric  attached w/numeric
  34. mouse/joystick           2 reg 2 analog      2 reg
  35. serial                   RS-232C             RS-232
  36. parallel                 BI-directional      Centronics
  37. video-out                analog RGB\VGA      analog\RGB\VGA\SVGA
  38.                          composite\RF        composite\RF
  39. audio-in                 stereo 1/8"mini     no
  40.      -out                stereo 1/8"mini     stereo RCA
  41. external floppy          no                  yes
  42. internal IDE             yes                 yes
  43. external SCSI            yes SCSI II w/DMA   no
  44. midi                     in, out/thru        no
  45. DSP                      yes(1 MHZ trans)    no
  46. network                  Localtalk LAN       no
  47.  
  48. EXPANSION                processor direct    cpu expansion slot
  49.                          128K cartridge      PCMCIA 2 slot
  50.  
  51. SOUND
  52. resolution               16bit\50Khz         8bit\50Khz
  53. channels                 8                   4
  54. input                    yes\stereo          no
  55. output                   stereo              stereo
  56.  
  57. VIDEO
  58. resolution-minimun       320x200             320x200
  59.           -maximum       640x480             800x600\1280x400\640x960
  60. palette(colors)          65,536              16.8 million
  61. maximum displayed        65,536(640x400)     256,000(all res)
  62. overscan                 yes                 yes
  63.  
  64. MISC
  65. clock                    yes                 optional
  66.  
  67. OPERATING SYSTEM
  68. type                     multitasking gui    multitasking gui
  69. location                 rom\disk            rom\disk
  70.  
  71. SOFTWARE(included)
  72.                          MultiTOS 4.0        AmigaDOS 3.0
  73.                          D2D-Hard disk       CrossDOS-MSDOS utility
  74.                           recording          misc utilities
  75.                          Audio Fun Machine-
  76.                           FX processor
  77.                          misc utilities &
  78.                           games
  79.  
  80. PRICE(retail)            $799.00             $699.00
  81.  
  82. FINAL NOTES: Both of these machines are housed in a single case. They DO 
  83. NOT have detached keyboards. The Atari Falcon is in the same case as 
  84. it's predesessor the STE, and the Amiga 1200 is in a restyled case 
  85. similar to the Amiga 500.
  86.      As of this writing(12/11/92), neither machine is available in the
  87. United States, but both are expected to be available in January. The 
  88. software bundled with the Falcon & Amiga 1200 is still subject to 
  89. change.
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