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- From: wsc1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (William S Chou)
- Subject: Re: CBM mention on 12/11
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 18:38:36 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.171030.21984@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> jerry@msi.com (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
- >David Tiberio (dtiberio@engws10.ic.sunysb.edu) wrote:
- >:
- >: Wrong, the Atari 400 and the C64, with all their screen interrupts,
- >: can not display multiple screens like the Amiga can...
- >:
- >
- >No David, *you* are wrong. The Atari 400 had hardware very similar to Copper.
- >If a full multitasking OS were feasible on that machine, it would be trivial
- >to implement Amiga-like screens on it.
- >
-
- This is a futile argument since Dale Luck who designed the original
- Amiga gfx chips was also the designer of the Atari chips. So the
- don't you think it feasible that the Atari 400 chips may have some of the
- capabilities of the Amiga? On the other hand, trying to add Amiga screens
- to generic dos boxes would be damn near impossible.
-
- >:
- >: an Atari ST can do a
- >: Boing! demo, but not like the Amiga can. You have obviously never used an
- >: Amiga...
- >:
- >
- >Ha. Even that same Atari 400 had a Boing demo that was almost as good as the
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- Boing was a trivial example of what the amiga chipset could do.
- I think there was also a C64 version of boing!, but I think CGA Boing! was
- out of the question way back when. 8)
-
- >original Amiga one. And please stop telling me what I have and have not
- >used. I used an Amiga for three years in college.
- >--
- >+-------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------+
- >| JERRY J. SHEKHEL | Molecular Simulations Inc. | Time just fades the pages |
- >| Drummers do it... | Burlington, MA USA | in my book of memories. |
- >| ... In rhythm! | jerry@msi.com | -- Guns N' Roses |
- >+-------------------+----------------------------+---------------------------+
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