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- From: jmpiazza@acsu.buffalo.edu (Joseph M. Piazza)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: aga in 500/2000/3000?
- Message-ID: <BuMvFJ.5F6@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 15 Sep 92 18:59:43 GMT
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- In article <9585@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com> peterk@cbmger.de.so.commodore.com (Dr Peter Kittel Germany) writes:
- >In article <35077@cbmvax.commodore.com> spence@cbmvax.commodore.com (Spencer Shanson) writes:
- >>
- >>The AA (or AGA as it is now known) chip set
- > ^^^
- >A little remark here: Perhaps Germany can't follow this renaming. Because
- >AGA is already occupied here by, guess who?: yes, Commodore. We had an
- >AGA card (Advanced Graphics Adapter) in our stoneage (and also not so very
- >old, say 2 years ago) versions of MS-DOS PCs. Many people here *still*
- >know about this device, and it sported such amazing features like CGA and
- >Hercules on one board, wow! Obviously we should not try to make people
- >confuse the AA chips with that old board. *Nobody* here knew about that
- >name change in advance, it's really amazing.
-
- Maybe this is a Good Thing? It could conceivably attract the
- interest of an otherwise disinterested PC oriented market. Too bad the
- name's not known here in the US ...
-
- Flip side,
-
- joe piazza
-
- --- Cogito ergo equus sum.
-
- CS Dept. SUNY at Buffalo 14260
- jmpiazza@cs.Buffalo.edu jmpiazza@sunybcs.BITNET
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- >--
- >Dr. Peter Kittel {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk
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