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   From: guenther@dilgar.de   
      
   Αdοnis schrieb:   
   > As for my 1040STFs, I'm not sure if the LEDs where changed, but in one   
   > both power/floppy (yes I know the stupid LED isn't on the floppy   
   > itself - stop being pedantic folks) are red, and on the other they are   
   > green (power) and yellow/orange (orange to me anyways)   
   >   
   > So, does it mean that one can add a blitter to a 2nd gen mobo? (of   
   > course on can, but will it work is what I really mean)   
      
   Adding a blitter might be possible on any ST, but there's no space   
   reserved for one on the STf/STfm mainoards AFAIK - if you want one, my   
   advice would be to get a Mega ST or (Mega) STE. The changed LEDs were   
   due to dropping LED prices - red LEDs were significantly cheaper in 1985   
   to 1986 or 1987, afterwards other colours were available at similar   
   prices and green and yellow simply looked more modern than the (then)   
   all-too-common red ones.   
      
   And BTW, the blitter isn't used by too many programs anyway, and if you   
   want to speed up GEM: replacing the VDI with the RAM-based NVDI is much   
   easier and has a much greater effect (NVDI 3 is sold very cheaply on   
   hood.de and occasionally on eBay and even comes with TrueType and Speedo   
   font support).   
      
   Thorsten   
      
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