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  2. From: jcompton@flood.xnet.com (Jason Compton)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.be
  4. Subject: Re: 1995 Production Status?
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  6. Date: 2 Feb 1996 13:54:18 GMT
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  13. John Gregor (aq722@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
  14.  
  15. : >Neil O'Rourke (neilo@m140.aone.net.au) wrote:
  16. : >: Ok, farm out the Amiga's chipset on to a PCI card?  I know PCI is fast,
  17.  
  18. : For what earthly purpose would you want to put an old, out of date, slow,
  19. : low resolution, low color, and low refresh rate chipset on a PCI card, when
  20. : you can get a cheap, fast, high res, high color, high refresh rate
  21. : card off the shelf for $140?
  22.  
  23. : John
  24.  
  25. Programmable resolutions and direct video output.  There's no reason to 
  26. totally ditch AGA when those things are available at low cost.
  27.  
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  29. Jason Compton                                  jcompton@xnet.com
  30. Editor-in-Chief, Amiga Report Magazine         (708) 741-0689 FAX
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