11 Apr
2002
11 Apr
'02
4:14 p.m.
Badly put. I
do know better.
???
A lot of the
later mods for the ST were really
interesting too. Geneva, Magic and Terradisk come to mind. There was a lot of
development that came out of Germany for the ST.
Jep. And before that nice things like KAOS, a complete
rewritten TOS with way less errors and dammed higher
performancs - some desktop apps where running 10 to 50
percent faster due the great improvements within the AES.
In fact, it was a complete reengeniered and redone GEM. The other grat product would be NVDI - a replacement
for
the VDI (virtual device Interface). while still keeping
all functionality, some drawing operations where speed
up 20 times - a average speedup of another 5 to 30 percent,
depending on the graphic workload was possible. Using
KAOS and NVDI let applications on a 8 MHz original ST
feel/run almost as fast as on a 16 MHz Mega STE.
I have NVDI. I"ll have to retry KAOS once I get my Marpett
memory board problems straightened out. Is anyone still supplying
memory expansion boards for the ST ?
I guess we loved the system ... Maybe the Amiga/Atari
wars
where nowhere else fought with the same vigilance than in
Germany ... Youd rather dumped your friends than admiting
that the other machine could be more worth than the dirt
under your nails.
It still is my favorite system even tho I've never had a model
newer than the STFM. Visions of sugarplum STE, Mega, TT
and Falcons dance in my head. Never mind a Milan fantasy.
Like Amigas, STs hold their value very well. Old STers hang
onto them and newer fans snatch up the favored models.
They're just so much more fun than most of the crap out there.
Gruss
H.
(It took me years until I was ready not only to own an
Amiga, but also have fun playing with it.)
Bizarrely enough, I have Amiga models Ik, 2k, and well-
peripheralled 3k, acquired cheaply at thifts mainly, but none
of the upper ST models and refuse to pay the inflated EPay
prices. I must admit I am weakening tho.
still
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