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- From: ELA95CSH@shef.ac.uk (Chris)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.introduction,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Newcomer
- Date: 9 Mar 1996 02:39:25 GMT
- Organization: Electrical Eng, University of Sheffield , UK
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- In article <4hn5er$shv@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, jung@osse.nrl.navy.mil says...
-
- >|>Perhaps I slightly over-stated my point! Still, an A500 + `020 with 2Mb
- ram
- >|>is not as good as a base A1200 - would YOU still use DPaint on an A500
- rather
- >|>than an A1200? Didn`t think so! :P
- >
- > Not as good, sure. But that doesn't out-date the A500.
- > All you have to do is update the accelerator+memory system, ie like with
- the
- >GVP A530, (with on-board 32-bit mem & scsi, I think, at 50Hz) and the A500
- can
- >out-run my A3000/25, maybe in all respects. Expensive and kludgey but still
- >the same effective computer. And the two systems should be able to
- >run the same programs (and crash in similar fashions, also).
- >
- > Slower/faster, better or worse, its still amiga. As long as there's
- > sprites, blobs, and GURUs.
- >Citing your example, DPaint was always just fine on the A1000 (as long
- >as I didn't save much :) for N-color jobs, where N:4...32,
- >which is also the case for animation (not my ticket, either), OCS can
- >do just fine at the introductory/dabbling level.
-
- The main point I was trying to make (& failed it appears) was that AGA has
- extra features over ECS. Obviously HAM8 & 256 colours make DPaint do much
- nicer pictures. Increased bandwidth, and lots of other techy things that will
- only make much of a difference in a game - like AB3D II !!
-
- I see your point though - there are people who may not need AGA. However,
- moving forward really requires most people to buy AGA machines not the old
- ECS. Even AGA is out-dated in some respects (or all if you love gfx cards;) .
-
- >|>Oh well, I can`t expect everyone to actually agree with me - this is
- >|>csa.advocacy after all! ;^)
- >|>
- > I thought it was csa.introduction ! oh well,...
-
- This post is being redirected to 3 different newsgroups! Atleast they're
- kinda on-topic.
-
- --
- From Christopher Handley
- Email: ela95csh@sheffield.ac.uk
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