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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: 1996 Amiga Home Computer?
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- Date: 4 Jan 1996 16:02:01 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- Angus Mann (mann@ipacific.net.au) wrote:
-
- : But even then, the Amiga will (once again) be playing catch-up to the Macs and
- : PeeCees...just as it did with AGA compared to the newer colour Macs and SVGA
- : when the A4000 and A1200 came out...
-
- I do feel however that there is a certain practical minimum and that the ever
- increasing specs for graphics are increasing by lesser amounts than in the past.
- There is a (new) type of display being developed that uses rotating micro
- mirrors for instance that only allows 256 levels for each rgb value but allows
- much larger resolutions (in theory). Any display greater than 24 bit would be
- wasted on such a thing. The planned addition of a 24 bit mode to AGA for the
- PPC amigas would make the machine a nice practical minimum that would probably
- be able to last as long as the ecs machines did without further development.
- This assuming that the AGA enhancements involve a speed increase as well.
- There is also the fact that the PPC amigas will have a PCI slot for expanded
- graphics anyway, but 24 bit for the low end without a PCI wouldn't be all that
- bad assuming a marketable price.
-
- Regards,
-
- BM
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