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- From: bizzetti@mbox.vol.it (Fabio Bizzetti)
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- Subject: Re: AB3D II beats Quake....
- Date: 29 Mar 1996 21:59:11 GMT
- Organization: Video On Line
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- >> > Well, still containing AGA would cost nothing and make OS-port easier
- >> > imho.
- >> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>
- >> I suspect that the first part I've highlighted is a long way from the
- >> truth, I'd bet that the cost of tooling and manufacture for the rather
- >> lack-lustre AGA chipset is a significant part of the cost of any Amiga
- >> manufactured. And as for the second part, AT plans to port AmigaOS from
- >> one specific architecture to another specific architecture, a bit of a
- >> non-event IMHO. When they realise it should be made truly open and
- >> portable, that will be a noteworthy day.
- >whats the cost of an AGA chipset?
- >Something like 3$ to produce isnt it?
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- Viscorp (Canadian interactive TV / SetTopBox) has recently chosen the old, crap
- and expensive AGA chipset rather than the cheap, versatile and wonderful SVGA
- because "The AGA chipset is more cheap and powerful than any other gfx chipset".
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- No comments, besides that SVGA is the modern crap version of the old CGA crap.
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- Amiga Rules.
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- | Fabio "Maverick" Bizzetti - bizzetti@mbox.vol.it - Maverick* at IRC |
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