spirantho wrote:
Speelgoedmannetje wrote:
The copper co-processor makes it possible to use multithreading natively. No extra software needed. No cpu cycles spilled waiting.
Erm... that's not quite accurate. The Copper is another processor, it doesn't affect the OS in any way to do with multitasking whatsoever.
Otherwise you could say that any PC with a WinTV card supports hardware multitasking because it's got a seperate RISC processor on-board which can wait for stuff without tying up the CPU.
Incidentally, the original 520ST may have been bundled with a disk drive but it didn't come out of the box with a disk drive. I know because my disk drive wouldn't fit in my 520ST's box. 
...and you da man where TV cards are concerned ! got anywhere with AmiTV, incidentally ?
on first experiences as a spotty little speccy user, the ST looked better for me, as it had a nicer looking box, and had a GUI - this was in '85, before I saw a Spec128, so the sound seemed pretty good to me. then I saw an Amiga - I absolutely HATED the horrid blue and orange colours on me mates' telly, but that was the only argument, once I'd seen a few demos, and played shuffle puck cafe a few times!! of course, I've grown to respect the WB1 colour scheme - looks a tonne better on a proper display device!!
