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- From: bmccnnll@unix1.tcd.ie (Barry McConnell)
- Subject: Re: AAchip for 3000(was Re: Offic. new C= Announcements!)
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- Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1992 18:28:45 GMT
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- In <2A970854.22485@ics.uci.edu> rang@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jyan-ken) writes:
-
- >Wht questions me is whether the 3000 will be able to get an AA chipset in
- >there? Or will Amiga abandon the 3000 after trying to push so many to buy
- >one? I hope Commodore gets hounded with this question (hint, hint) and
- >the question is applicable to 2000/500/1000 users too..(Sorry, but
- >I forgot to make the request a little general instead of specific to my
- >questions..)...
-
- My guess is that all existing Amigas will be able to take the new chipset,
- but - depending on their power (CPU, width of Chip RAM, speed of its chips) -
- the number of screenmodes available will be limited. An A500 may be able to
- handle a low-res 256-colour screen, an A3000 the same in hi-res, and an A4000
- all modes.
-
- There may be 3rd-party hardware released (like a Chip RAM accelerator) which
- will enable the smaller Amigas to handle more screenmodes.
-
- This is all guesswork based on those AA/KS3/WB3 postings made recently...
-
- >Also if the AA chipset WILL be available for other Amigas, how much?
-
- God only knows.
-
- >Jyanken
-
- Barry.
-