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- From: 8800529@hydra.maths.unsw.EDU.AU ()
- Subject: Re: What is so special about Amiga
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.233323.1270@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU>
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 23:33:23 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug31.140332.6893@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> dudley@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (John Dudley) writes:
- >
- >From what I've witnessed, the Amiga's ECS sound still beats the
- >SoundBlaster... But the new AA chipset also to be installed on the 4000
- >(and available for the lower machines) will have enhanced sound, a DSP
- >chip, (digital Sound processor from AT&T), as well as enhanced graphics
- >(256,000+ colors and a 256,000 color HAM mode(256,000 colors on screen
- >at once... without ham, prob. 256).
-
- How about this one ? You know what Dynamic ham did to ham
- I wonder if it's possible for the new modes. Think 256 colors
- from a 24 bit pallete on each line. You almost have a 24 bit display
- on screen were each pixel is totaly free from the next. Even if it
- takes two scan lines to swap paletes ...
- WWWWOOOOOOOOooooo
-
- >
- >And, supposedly the Amiga 4000 will be in the price range of about
- >$2000, with which you add your own CPU (whatever you can afford).
-
- Hmmmm, one can dream ...
- >
- >Besides, who wants to be stuck with out of date technology (PeeCees)
-
- It has come down to a matter of taste ...
-
-
- Those who have it and those who ...
-
-
- CYAZ
- George
-