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- From: peterk@combo.ganesha.com (Dr. Peter Kittel)
- Subject: Re: AB3D II beats Quake....
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.games,alt.sys.amiga.demos,in,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.graphics
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- References: <4ipnjl$2jm@sinsen.sn.no> <1757.6654T1228T2747@gramercy.ios.com> <4j1na8$du1@valour.pem.cam.ac.uk>
- Message-ID: <peterk.0meu@combo.ganesha.com>
- Date: 3 Apr 96 22:51:19 MEZ
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-
- In article <4j1na8$du1@valour.pem.cam.ac.uk> cbrown@armltd.co.uk (Chris Brown) writes:
- >In article <1757.6654T1228T2747@gramercy.ios.com>,
- >Pacarana <larrymb@gramercy.ios.com> wrote:
- >
- >>>Get real. Why do you think AT could produce something better
- >>>than what's being produced by companies specialized in
- >>>making GFX-Cards ?
- >>
- >> Well considering that they bought the computer that started all that one should
- >>hope so.
- >
- >I find it really funny that there seem to be so many people who think
- >AT can wave their magic wand, and out pops a low cost, incredibly fast
- >and powerful graphics chipset that's overflowing with features. It
- >takes a *very* long time to design something like that, and costs a
- >*huge* amount of money.
-
- I couldn't have said it better.
-
- > In 1985 the Amiga chipset was unique, and
- >allowed things that no other chipset at the time could even dream
- >of.
-
- In my eyes the Amiga chipset in 1985 was a miracle. Miracles don't
- happen very often, and you cannot just give a command, and bang, they
- happen. *If* you can spend half a billion dollars like Sony, then it
- becomes a different story, of course. AT doesn't have so much money
- to spend.
-
- --
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