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- From: Marc Forrester <mef4@aber.ac.uk>
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- Subject: Re: AgaEXTENDER: a device to allow fast 24bit gfx on AGA
- Date: 28 Mar 1996 13:53:31 GMT
- Organization: University of Wales, Aberystwyth
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- bizzetti@mbox.vol.it (Fabio Bizzetti) wrote:
- >>This all sounds >wonderful<--but let me bring you back into reality: in
- >>the end it will not make a difference. Perhaps 3-4 years ago this would
- >>have revived the Amiga market. But when there aren't any programmers
- >>left, even the most cleverly built hardware won't change anything.
-
- If you want to leave, the door's open. Is there any reason -not-
- to develop further Amiga hardware, though? Okay, it may not be
- commercially viable, but graphics cards are selling, no?
-
- No, don't bother supporting the Amiga, because it's going to die..
- Shee.
-
- >>Who is going to be writing the games with this hardware in
- >>mind--shareware authors?
-
- You think they wouldn't? Shareware authors tend to have a much
- better idea of the system they're working on than commercial,
- in the main, largely because they're us, and it's their PC.
-
- I bet the brains behind Speed and Boulderdash3D would use it.
-
- >I would give all my skills, hints and practical applications to
- >developers, supporting any kind of advanced use/programming of
- >the device.
-
- There, you see?
-
-