<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon030	I-Device
(	O
usually	O
shortened	O
to	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
)	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
final	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
from	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
high-end	O
model	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
line	O
,	O
the	O
machine	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
Motorola	B-Device
68030	I-Device
CPU	O
and	O
a	O
Motorola	B-General_Concept
56001	I-General_Concept
digital	B-Architecture
signal	I-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
,	O
which	O
distinguishes	O
it	O
from	O
most	O
other	O
microcomputers	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
release	O
,	O
Atari	O
bundled	O
the	O
MultiTOS	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
TOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
TOS	B-Application
remained	O
in	O
ROM	O
,	O
and	O
MultiTOS	B-Application
was	O
supplied	O
on	O
floppy	O
disk	O
and	O
could	O
be	O
installed	O
to	O
boot	O
from	O
hard	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Falcon	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
late	O
1993	O
–	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
its	O
introduction	O
–	O
as	O
Atari	O
restructured	O
itself	O
to	O
focus	O
completely	O
on	O
the	O
release	O
and	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
heart	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
is	O
the	O
32-bit	O
Motorola	B-Device
68030	I-Device
clocked	O
at	O
16MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
reduces	O
the	O
68030	B-Device
's	O
performance	O
when	O
not	O
operating	O
inside	O
its	O
tiny	O
cache	B-General_Concept
and	O
limits	O
the	O
maximum	O
system	O
memory	O
to	O
≈14MB	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
microprocessor	O
is	O
supported	O
by	O
a	O
Motorola	B-General_Concept
56001	I-General_Concept
DSP	B-Architecture
clocked	O
at	O
32MHz	O
and	O
performing	O
ca	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
is	O
oriented	O
to	O
sound	O
processing	O
(	O
it	O
is	O
directly	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
codec	B-General_Concept
via	O
an	O
interconnection	O
matrix	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
capable	O
of	O
graphics	O
processing	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
calculation	O
of	O
fractals	B-Application
,	O
deformations	O
,	O
3D	O
projections	O
,	O
and	O
JPEG	O
decompression	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
can	O
even	O
,	O
jointly	O
with	O
the	O
68030	B-Device
,	O
play	O
MP3	B-Application
files	I-Application
in	O
real	B-General_Concept
time	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
possibilities	O
offered	O
by	O
the	O
graphics	O
processor	O
are	O
limited	O
only	O
by	O
its	O
frequency	O
(	O
25/32MHz	O
core	O
,	O
adjustable	O
to	O
50MHz	O
with	O
a	O
hardware	O
accelerator	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
slowness	O
of	O
the	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
as	O
the	O
graphics	O
memory	O
is	O
shared	O
with	O
system	O
memory	O
which	O
can	O
degrade	O
performance	O
significantly	O
when	O
using	O
high	O
resolutions	O
or	O
video	O
modes	O
requiring	O
many	O
bit	O
planes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
number	O
of	O
colors	O
is	O
also	O
adjustable	O
when	O
VIDEL	O
operates	O
in	O
bit	B-Device
plane	I-Device
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Atari	O
adopted	O
the	O
IDE	B-Protocol
bus	I-Protocol
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
bus	O
for	O
connecting	O
hard	O
drives	O
and	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
for	O
less	O
expensive	O
disk	O
and	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
devices	O
,	O
as	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
interfaced	O
devices	O
remained	O
relatively	O
expensive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
IDE	B-Protocol
connector	O
is	O
internal	O
and	O
requires	O
case	O
modification	O
to	O
connect	O
two	O
hard	O
disks	O
or	O
a	O
single	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
drawback	O
is	O
that	O
this	O
early	O
IDE	B-Protocol
port	O
uses	O
only	O
programmed	B-General_Concept
I/O	I-General_Concept
unlike	O
a	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
drive	O
that	O
can	O
directly	O
access	O
the	O
RAM	B-Architecture
(	O
DMA	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
Videl	O
,	O
the	O
plain	O
TOS	B-Application
allows	O
the	O
user	O
the	O
choice	O
of	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
resolutions	O
up	O
to	O
640×480	O
(	O
or	O
even	O
less	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
16-bit	O
mode	O
and	O
VGA	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
created	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
prototypes	O
of	O
the	O
Falcon040	O
(	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
more	O
capable	O
fully	O
pipelined	B-General_Concept
,	O
integrated-FPU	O
,	O
Motorola	B-Device
68040	I-Device
,	O
and	O
using	O
a	O
"	O
microbox	O
"	O
case	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
canceled	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
microbox	O
case	O
resembled	O
the	O
later	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
right	O
down	O
to	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
it	O
vertically	O
or	O
horizontally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
even	O
referenced	O
in	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
patent	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Falcon	O
Mk	O
I	O
was	O
a	O
direct	O
continuation	O
of	O
Atari	O
's	O
Falcon030	B-Device
with	O
TOS	B-Application
4.04	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Falcon	O
Mk	O
X	O
was	O
mounted	O
in	O
a	O
19	O
"	O
1U	O
rack	O
case	O
,	O
with	O
external	O
keyboard	O
and	O
space	O
for	O
internal	O
SCSI	B-Architecture
hard	O
disk	O
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
them	O
overclock	O
the	O
CPU	O
and/or	O
the	O
bus	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
upgrade	O
the	O
CPU	O
to	O
a	O
Motorola	B-General_Concept
68060	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
