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- From: c1a192@rick.cs.ubc.ca (Oliver Erik Seiler)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: WB3.0 on an A3000?
- Date: 28 Jan 1993 14:41:02 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- msmcknig@unccsun.uncc.edu (Michael S McKnight) 'sez...
- > I have heard roomers about being able to run WB3 on pre-aga systems and
- > that CBMhad re-written all of the graphics code to make graphic operations
- > on these ECSmachines faster.
- >
- > First of all, is this true?
-
- Yes it is true... I have it on my A2000 (with an '030 board in it), but I'm
- a developer, so we get these perks...
-
- > If so, does it just speed up things like Animations, or painting programs, or
- > intuition windows, or any graphic operation whatsoever? This is of course
- > under the assumption that anything the Amiga displays is graphic.
-
- I haven't noticed because I upgraded to '030 and got the WB3.0 at the same
- time... Fairly quick though... I have it in 8-colour workbench...
-
- > Second, whats the likelyhood(sp?) of CBM actually releasing this as an
- > upgrade to 2.1?
-
- I doubt it pretty much... Although it may be possible. When WB4.0 comes out,
- with retargetable graphics, you'll likely see this enhancement to 2.1+, since,
- with the addition of conforming cards and drivers, just about any machine
- could have fully integrated high level graphics...
-
- -Oliver
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