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- From: kruisweg@flatearth.xs4all.nl (Ruud van de Kruisweg)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Why are europeans dumb enough to buy amigas?
- Date: Tue, 16 Apr 1996 20:33:50 GMT
- Organization: XS4ALL, networking for the masses
- Message-ID: <31731e6b.24952193@news.xs4all.nl>
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- On Mon, 15 Apr 1996 04:00:46 GMT, finnh@ak.planet.gen.nz (Finn
- Higgins) wrote:
-
- >65000 on screen at once? is that what SVGA can do eh... (16 bit. that is...
- >65536)... AGA can do HAM8, which is 18 bit GFX. and 640x480 is possible in
- >that mode...
-
- HAM8 is slightly more useful than HAM, but that's not saying much.
- Modern SVGA cards can do quite a bit more than AGA's 18 bit 640x480
- graphix. Even my three year old Diamond card handles 24 bit in 640x480
- and 16 bit 800x600 easily. When I upgrade my computer this summer I'll
- have 24 bit 1024x768 70+hz resolutions. A standard AGA Amiga won't get
- anywhere near that, you'll need a dedicated graphics card for decent
- graphics. AGA *is* hopelessly outdated and needs a shot in the arm
- fast.
-
- Ruud
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