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- From: ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk (Action Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Haynie joins AT team
- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 09:34:03 GMT
- Message-ID: <828092203.8227@alladin.demon.co.uk>
- References: <14FEF421@cu-amiga.demon.co.uk> <4inrtg$hlp@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4itcta$lpa@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4iutet$cb2@astfgl.idb.hist.no> <neilo-2303961948150001@d59-1.cpe.maroochydore.aone.net.au> <4j63an$eul@news1.sunbelt.net>
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- mrfitz@znet.augusta.ga.us (Mike Fitzgerald) wrote:
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- >In article <neilo-2303961948150001@d59-1.cpe.maroochydore.aone.net.au> neilo@m140.aone.net.au (Neil O'Rourke) writes:
- >> In article <4iutet$cb2@astfgl.idb.hist.no>, larsg@pc042.idb.hist.no (Lars
- >> Gσrden) wrote:
- >>
- >> > The Amigaish hardware is dated anyway. There are off the self components
- >> > today that are a lot faster and a lot cheaper than anything that
- >> > AmigaTech can possibly design. There are dedicated companies out there
- >> > that make sound and graphics chips. AT has neither the money nor the
- >> > production facilities to compete with them.
- >> >
- >> > It's the OS that makes the machine tick, for God's sake! A standard
- >> > PClone today has 10x the CPU and graphics speed of an Amiga, but the
- >> > Amiga can still do things those PClones can't. Why? Because of the OS.
- >>
- >> Not quite correct ... the standard SVGA chipset can't pull tricks like
- >> draggable screens, screens of different resoultions etc on the one monitor
- >> and the like. These nice feaures of the Amiga are a result of the
- >> hardware.
- >>
-
- >Pardon me? How the heck can I do that on my Spectrum then? Not that I ever
- >drag screens, but I did check to see if I could. I'm writing this on a 800x600
- >Ced screen while my WB is chugging along at 1024x768.
-
- I do that on my CyberVision 64 all the Time...
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