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- From: cbrown@armltd.co.uk (Chris Brown)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: SVGA as standard (was Re: New Press Release!)
- Date: 29 Mar 1996 12:45:47 -0000
- Organization: Advanced RISC Machines Limited
- Message-ID: <4jgm1r$80@valour.pem.cam.ac.uk>
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- In article <DovrpD.C3z@cix.compulink.co.uk>,
- Jolyon Ralph <jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk> wrote:
- >
- >Perhaps I should reword my suggestion about on-board SVGA chips.
- >
- >I think that would be essential for a new 'low-end' Amiga (a low-end
- >Amiga won't have PCI slots as standard anyway - although theoretically
- >they could be added).
- >
- >But for high-end Amigas, perhaps it should be left on a PCI card that can
- >be upgraded and replaced. Or if the chips are cheap enough, leave them on
- >the motherboard and have a PCI card with new chips override them.
-
- You may have a point. If we want the games writers to come back,
- giveing them some sort of SVGA functionality guaranteed would probably
- help. The problem with AGA is that it's too different (planar, etc.)
- to function as a poor mans SVGA chiset. Wonder what it would do the
- the base machine cost. Anyone from AT wish to comment?
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