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- From: jaco@stack.urc.tue.nl (Jaco Schoonen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: GVP Spectrum Vs. Cyberstorm 64.
- Date: 16 Apr 1996 15:41:05 +0200
- Organization: MCGV Stack, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands.
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- Dennis Grant (dgrant@peinet.pe.ca) wrote:
- : I have a chance to pick up a (used) GVP Spectrum board for my A4000 for a
- : reasonable price. However, deep down, I had always hoped to scratch together
- : enough cash for a Cybervision 64, so:
-
- : How does the Spectrum compare to the CV64? (speed, modes, etc)
-
- If the deal is good enough go for the Spectrum. The spectrum is a nice card.
- But you note that you should buy CyberGraphX for best usage.
- So add $50 (?) to the price and see how much the difference with the price
- of a Cybervision is.
- Unless you want to use very high frequencies/refresh rates the spectrum wil
- do nicely. WHat kind of monitor do you intend to use?
-
-
- : Is there a version of Cybergraphix that supports the Spectrum board? Can the
- : Spectrum pretend to be a Retina, Picasso, etc through Cybergraphix? Does the
- : Spectrum have a passthrough cable, so I can still get my lovely NTSC Low Res
- : screenmode?
-
- The idea of CybergraphX is *not* that you can let your card behave like for
- example a Retina. The idea is that all those cards behave like an Amiga :-)
- The same software (except for the monitor driver) runs on all hardware.
- There's of course a version for the GVP Spectrum as well. If think (99%
- sure) that the spectrum has an automatic monitor throughput.
-
-
- : Inquiring minds want to know. :)
-
- Now you know!
-
- --
- Jaco Schoonen
- (jaco@stack.urc.tue.nl)
-