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- From: fish@csc.liv.ac.uk (S.E. Morris)
- Subject: Re: History of Computing at the Smithsonian
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- Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 16:33:28 GMT
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- In article <4g1klf$es4@daily-planet.nodak.edu>,
- nahender@prairie.NoDak.edu (Nathanael J Henderson) writes:
- >Richard P. O'Sullivan (rosully@aww.com) wrote:
- >
- >: The Amiga architecture in 1985 defined today's standard for the
- >: multi-media computer: pre-emptive multi-tasking, deep color palette,
- >: built-in audio, and NTSC/PAL compatibility for television. Today, the Amiga
- >: 4000 is widely used in television and studio productions.
- >
- > What does multitasking of ANY sort have to do with multimedia? Or
- >built-in audio? A card is just as real a solution. DEEP color palette?
- >A rather generous definition of 'deep' I think.
- > Output to a TV? Again, what does this have to do with multimedia?
- >You want good multimedia, find a nice big Trinitron display. Being able
- >to output video to sub-standard devices for vewing isn't exactly a big
- >recomendation.
- >
- Multimedia: The ability to input/output from a wide range of media.
- This, incase you have forgotten, was what the word originally meant
- before Uncle Bill Gates decided it was just another buzz-word for CD-ROM.
-
- -FISH- ><>
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