BEFa3000 versus a3000DFA


er... what's this? well,it's a test,we
can tell you now. it's a test between an
amiga 3000 (yeah!) and an archimedes
3000 (...?). although the archimedes was
released some time before the amiga 3000
i think there has been no real equal
contestant for the archimedes. but now
amiga introduces the a3000 and let's see
who will win the test.

the archimedes is quite expensive,but so
is the amiga. the amiga,however,has got
an enormous pile of software to fall
back on and the archimedes hasn't. the
software for the archimedes never really
started. so the fact is that people are
talking about both machines as a
business^machine,although the one was
intended to be so(the amiga) and the
other wasn't really intended to be so
(the archimedes).

also slight problem: when the amiga was
introduced all the software was ported
over from the atari^st (and still is,
sadly). but since the archimedes is a
completely new system,this procedure is
not possible. programmers will have
to rewrite all the things they have done
again and again. and that's one of the
main facts why new computers are not so
popular these days,except for the games
consoles. (although they have a new sort
of games,which are most of the time not
ported over and are also not released on
any other format).

acorn (the producer) is trying hard to
sell the machine to the softwarehouses,
but these just don't want it. they say:
the market nowadays is: atari,amiga,pc
and no more. they don't want to have
any more problems with writing software.

archimedes keeps trying. that's a good
choice because the machine is still
quite good,believe it or not.

and now the test.

amiga a3000                        
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^processor:
 16/32 bit motorala:16/25 mhz
^memory
 1mb memory
 expandable to 2 mb
^operating system:
 kickstart 2.0 from disc
^drive:
 880k built in 3.5 drive
^ports (extern):
 scsi hardware
 stereo output
 diskdrive
 serial
 parallel
 rgb/video
 vga port
^other ports(intern):
 place for 4 hardware cards
 place for 1 3.5 inch diskdrive
 place for harddrive
^graphics:
 4096 colours,in ham 4096 on screen
^sound
 4 channels stereo through monitor

archimedes 3000
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^processor:
 32 bits arm:8 mhz
^memory:
 1mb memory
 expandable to 2mb
^operating system:
 risc/os in 512k rom
^drive:
 800k 3.5 built in drive
^ports (extern):
 rgb/video
 stereo output
 parallel
 rs232 (needs chips)
 expansion port
 mono composite/video
^other ports (intern):
 place for econetcard
 place for midi^interface
 place for 1mb memory
^graphics:
 4096 colours,256 on screen
^sound
 8 channels stereo through built in
                                speakers

so much for the test,hope you liked this
test of another computer modell. if so,
please let me know so i can continue
doing it.

dr.legal/raf