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- From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: RTG? And Graphics Cards???
- Message-ID: <37899@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 14:12:52 GMT
- References: <1992Dec11.213437.21764@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
- Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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- In article <1992Dec11.213437.21764@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA> tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran) writes:
- >In article <37805@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:
-
- >>I ran into all kinds of boards running Workbench while at the World of
- >>Commodore show in Frankfurt. This "oMniBus" card I came back with was one.
-
- >Interesting approach. Does the card then incorporate the TSENG chipset,
- >or does the oMniBus card require an additional AT VGA card (similar to the
- >case with Golden Gate Bridge)? Any idea as to the MSRP?
-
- It uses a separate VGA card on the PC bus, driven by the oMniBus bridge. The
- A3000, VGA, and monitor plug into the oMniBus, which controls switching between
- the two outputs.
-
- >Also, is the performance quite reasonable under this strategy?
-
- It's much better than I would have expected. I find it just fine for
- programming and DTP. I suppose anything running over the Zorro II or ISA
- bus (or, in this case, both) is going to slow down when you get too much
- data to throw around, but I haven't run into that yet. I don't really have
- a need for more color, just more resolution (I'm typing this at work on a
- 1024x800 Moniterm display that's cluttered with windows).
-
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