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- From: mart4372@mach1.wlu.ca (Reg Martin)
- Subject: Re: AB3D II beats Quake....
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- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 16:24:24 GMT
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- Fabio Bizzetti (bizzetti@mbox.vol.it) wrote:
- :
- : >Babbage (babbage@dmu.ac.uk) wrote:
- : >:
- : >: > > Well, still containing AGA would cost nothing and make OS-port easier
- : >: > > imho.
- : >: whats the cost of an AGA chipset?
- : >: Something like 3$ to produce isnt it?
- :
- : >I don't think so. Last I heard (when C= was still around) AGA cost $50
- : >for the chips alone. I imagine it's more expensive than that now.
- : >ie there are probably better SVGA chipsets for the same price.
- : >
- : >Reg Martin
- :
- : If you bought them from Commodore to repair your faulty Amigas, then sure.
- : CBM greedness made them *seem* expensive in this case.
-
- No. I heard it straight from Hazy that the chips cost about $50 to
- _manufacture_. This was right around the time that the 1200 came out...
-
- Reg Martin
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