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- From: raftopou@stud.uni-frankfurt.de (Joerg Raftopoulos)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: QUESTION: Retina Z3 vs Picasso II
- Date: 10 Mar 96 15:48:34 +0100
- Organization: J. W. Goethe-Universitaet Frankfurt/Main
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- >> What exactly are the benefits of the MacroSystems US Retina Z3
- BS> ^^
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- BS> The Retina graphics boards were developed and are manufactured by
- BS> MacroSystem Germany, not MacroSystem USA.
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- yes.
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- >> -will it work in a 40.68 (3.1) softkick A3000 w/1.4?
- BS> Yes.
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- yes. that`s my config too.
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- >> -what buster and dmac revs does it require?
- BS> Any.
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- that`s not true! macrosystem`s advertising says it works with all buster
- revisions. i tested retina z3 in real life with an amiga 3000 desktop, if i
- used revsion 6 or 7 busters the machine will crash within a few minutes. with
- a revision 11 buster it works stable since 3 months. my retina z3 board
- revision is 1.0.
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- >> -will an RTG driver be out for it?
- BS> What's that?
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- cybergraphx is a rtg (ReTargable Graphics) software. commodore/escom never
- released it`s own rtg.
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- SOL LUCET OMNIBUS
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- Joerg Raftopoulos, Amiga User since 1987
- 3 x A1000, 1 x A500, 2 x A2000, 1 x A1200, 2 x A3000 Owner
- Student at J. W. Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, Sol III
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