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- From: esuqg@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Hugo Fiennes)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.be
- Subject: Re: 1995 Production Status?
- Date: 5 Feb 1996 14:56:28 -0000
- Organization: University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- Jason Compton (jcompton@flood.xnet.com) wrote:
- : John Gregor (aq722@cleveland.Freenet.Edu) wrote:
-
- : : >Neil O'Rourke (neilo@m140.aone.net.au) wrote:
- : : >: Ok, farm out the Amiga's chipset on to a PCI card? I know PCI is fast,
-
- : : For what earthly purpose would you want to put an old, out of date, slow,
- : : low resolution, low color, and low refresh rate chipset on a PCI card, when
- : : you can get a cheap, fast, high res, high color, high refresh rate
- : : card off the shelf for $140?
-
- : Programmable resolutions and direct video output. There's no reason to
- : totally ditch AGA when those things are available at low cost.
-
- Ok, no direct video output, but practically any VGA card can do programmable
- resolutions - a friend has even used old Tridents for NTSC/PAL frame rates,
- etc.
-
- Ditch it - it was fine in its time, but the pace of PC VGA card developments
- means it's a toy now. I got a PC SVGA->Composite/S-Video box for 69ukp:
- great TV pictures from any SVGA card.
-
- Hugo
- --
- I'd like to be apathetic, but to be honest I can't be bothered.
-