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- From: jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk ("Jolyon Ralph")
- Subject: Re: New Press Release!
- Message-ID: <Do9GtC.DJD@cix.compulink.co.uk>
- Organization: Compulink Information eXchange
- References: <826798120.29646@hchworth.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 14:12:48 GMT
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-
- > I don`t want to have to repeat an old thread, but the M2 would have
- > been a good idea for a hardware base. Perhaps if AT started talking to
- > 3DO they might have had some input into integrating Workbench as the
- OS > for their forthcoming MX system (the successor to M2).
-
- I'm not sure if chipsets designed for games systems are necesarily ideal
- for computer systems (well, having said that, the original Amiga chips
- did well enough for many years!).
-
- I don't know much about M2, but can it do hi-resolution displays (ie
- above 640x480) at decent sync rates, or it is entirely video/tv rate
- oriented?
-
- Perhaps an M2-type chipset would be an ideal AGA replacement one day, but
- a high-end SVGA-type chipset (such as the S3) will offer both the highest
- resolutions required by serious users and the sheer raw graphics power
- for games. And the chipsets are dirt cheap nowdays.
-
- Jolyon
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