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- From: tbk@sn.no (Thore Bjerklund Karlsen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Amiga doesn`t need Pl
- Date: 15 Feb 1996 19:19:05 +0100
- Organization: SN Internett
- Message-ID: <4fvtep$rkt@sinsen.sn.no>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: sinsen.sn.no
-
- (John Hendrikx)
-
- > >> 50Hz Mouse pointer is no problem on modern gfx-cards, they've got a
- > >> sprite for that. The problem is Windows.
-
- > TBK> Not really.. I think it's a hardware problem of the serial
- > TBK> mouse. When I hooked one up to the Amiga it was just as je
-
- >I hadn't thought of that. The gfx-card is definitely not the problem t
- >:-)
-
- No, if it were I wouldn't want *that* gfx-card.. :)
-
- > TBK> Also in PC-games or other stuff written by demo-coders you wi
- > TBK> notice this jerking.
-
- >So do you know the exact nature of the problem? I mean, the serial bus
- >easily be able to cope with the small amount of data needed to get a 50
- >mouse update.
-
- It should be able to cope with it, and it is, but I don't think the
- mouse sends out data often enough. Don't ask me why.. :/
-
- > >> Sigh...
-
- > TBK> Who the hell wants a 020-14 today? Even a 030/50 is too sl
- > TBK> for todays standards! Even 040/25 isn't acceptable! An
- > TBK> of fastmem? Jesus fucking christ..
-
- >Quite sad yes. But given the current situation there is little which c
- >done about it (there aren't any cheap upgrade paths). I have good hope
- >that going to PPC will atleast close the gap with the clones for a whil
- >long this will last however depends on how upgradeable the low-end mach
- >will be. If they aren't upgradeable they will drag the entire platform
- >their level, which is a bad thing for any platform.
-
- I don't know what Escom's plans are, but I really hope they will do
- something about this. We have a wonderful OS and a friendly userbase,
- it would be a shame if everything would go down the drain because the
- hardware can't keep up with development. I really love the Amiga, so I
- don't want to loose it.. :(
-
- > >> JrF> Later AGA+ having 10 planes etc, would be a nice thing, yes.
-
- > >> Please not, 10 planes would be fucking slow. For me planar maxes o
- > >> or 7 bitplanes. It starts to seriously suck above that compared wi
-
- > TBK> 6 or 7 planes? I can't even run my Workbench in 16 colours or i
- > TBK> will be too damn slow! AGA, planar and chipmem sucks shit.
- > TBK> need a better standard for the next generation of Amigas.
-
- >Well, this is more an Amiga specific problem, not a problem of Planar.
- >agree that we should move away from planar, even if it was just so we c
- >the cheap PCI gfx-cards available. ChipRAM is nice, but too restrictiv
- >should atleast provide a way to swap out Chip to Fast. I fear however
- >this solution will always be slower and more expensive than having dedi
- >gfx-ram on a gfx-card.
-
- Indeed.. Even if we had faster gfx-ram and dedicated hardware, I think
- planar would be a bad choice for tomorrow's Amigas.
-
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