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- From: Jonas Elfstrom <jonas@plea.se>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Haynie joins AT team
- Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 14:50:47 +0000
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- References: <14FEF421@cu-amiga.demon.co.uk> <4inrtg$hlp@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu> <4itcta$lpa@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <4iutet$cb2@astfgl.idb.hist.no> <neilo-2303961948150001@d59-1.cpe.maroochydore.aone.net.au>
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- Neil O'Rourke wrote:
- >
- > In article <4iutet$cb2@astfgl.idb.hist.no>, larsg@pc042.idb.hist.no (Lars
- > Gσrden) wrote:
- >
- > > The Amigaish hardware is dated anyway. There are off the self components
- > > today that are a lot faster and a lot cheaper than anything that
- > > AmigaTech can possibly design. There are dedicated companies out there
- > > that make sound and graphics chips. AT has neither the money nor the
- > > production facilities to compete with them.
- > >
- > > It's the OS that makes the machine tick, for God's sake! A standard
- > > PClone today has 10x the CPU and graphics speed of an Amiga, but the
- > > Amiga can still do things those PClones can't. Why? Because of the OS.
- >
- > Not quite correct ... the standard SVGA chipset can't pull tricks like
- > draggable screens, screens of different resoultions etc on the one monitor
- > and the like. These nice feaures of the Amiga are a result of the
- > hardware.
-
- I have a CV64 and on that board there is a TrioS3-64 and that is a "standard" SVGA chip.
- I have draggable screen...
- If the screens are of different res. or depth (16 vs. 8bit) then there is a slight problem
- in some cases.
-
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