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- From: jtv@xs4all.nl (Jeroen T. Vermeulen)
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- Subject: Re: AB3D II beats Quake....
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 96 03:36:15
- Organization: Leiden University, Mathematics & Computer Science, The Netherlands
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- In article <3155bfbb.9981064@news.onramp.net> dcorn@paradise.pplnet.com (David Corn) writes:
- >
- > Since when does money = programming capabilities? Dave Haynie himself
- > said in an interview that the PC's chip technology is better.
-
- Not exactly. He has repeatedly stated things like "there are some very powerful
- chipsets out there" (ie. not necessarily for the PC, and certainly not
- exclusively for the PC) that we could use. And "off-the-shelf mainstream
- components are more cost-effective" (ie. cheaper because of larger production
- quantities), and "even OCS can do some things that no other chipset today can
- do". But never "the PC's chip technology is better".
-
- What the hell *is* "the PC's chip technology" anyway? The chips are mostly the
- same, it's just that Amiga users don't always need graphics cards while PC users
- do so the boards are cheaper in the PC market.
-
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- # Jeroen T. Vermeulen \"How are we doing kid?"/ Yes, we use Amigas. #
- #--- jtv@xs4all.nl ---\"Oh, same as always."/-- ... --#
- #jvermeul@wi.leidenuniv.nl \ "That bad, huh?" / Got a problem with that? #
- MS Windows: If the Tienanmen murderers can use it, so can you.
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