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- From: aldi@phantm.UUCP (Christopher Aldi)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware,comp.sys.amiga.programmer,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Subject: Re: Questions about new computers/future chipsets
- Message-ID: <aldi.081o@phantm.UUCP>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 10:30:42 GMT
- References: <8851@orbit.cts.com> <1993Jan6.041407.21020@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
- Organization: Phantom Development
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- >>>>Has C= mentioned whether the new machines (A4000, A1200, etc) will
- >>>>be able to handle either their low-end or high-end chipsets when they
- >>>>are released in 1994?
- >>>
- >>> No. The chipsets in the A4000 and A1200 are surface-mounted. They
- >>>cannot be replaced.
- >>
- >>Marc, you didn't answer the question, you just spewed a half-truth. C= has
- >>NOT said that the 1200/4000 will not support the new chipsets. And just
- >>because the chips are surface mounted, doesn't mean that the 1200/4000
- >>won't be able to support them. Ever heard of RTG?
- >
- >Lewis Eggebrecht said in his speach at WOCA toronto that they are committed
- >to providing upgrades to the next generation (mosdly through board swaps and
- >or cards add-ons.
-
- By the time the new chipsets arrive, OS 4.0 with RTG will be available.
- At that time the A1200 & A4000 could be upgrade via a new graphics board
- is the same way to change video cards on an OS/2 or MSDOS box.
- I imagine that even the A3000, will be able to upgraded, and possibly
- the A2000 & A500 as well. At the same time, you should be able to
- run WorkBench and other applications on the DMI resolver, Opal Vision,
- DCTV, or just about any graphic display for which a RTG device driver
- can be/will be written for... as for the performance of the display,
- that remains to be seen. Lets hope it is more efficent than SAGE. ;-)
-
- Grains of salt -> . . . . . <- Take one. ;-)
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