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- From: guru@hotcity.COM (Darren Schroeder)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: AA Chipset and NEW Amigas
- References: <1992Sep7.073524.11557@sbcs.sunysb.edu>
- Message-ID: <guru.1fah@hotcity.COM>
- Date: 11 Sep 92 00:40:56 PST
- Organization: BBS
- Lines: 28
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- In article <1992Sep7.073524.11557@sbcs.sunysb.edu>,
- dtiberio@libws2.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
- >In article <Bu6DIw.L8H@news.cso.uiuc.edu> sjc28473@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steven
- Jose
- >ph Chmura) writes:
- >>guru@hotcity.COM (Darren Schroeder) writes:
- >>
- >>
- >>>Well, here is some *true* info, no rumors....
- >>
- >>>The AA Chipset IS a reality, highest resolution is 640x512x256 (Pal) and
- >>>640x480x256 (NTSC). These new chips willl *ONLY* go into the NEW Amigas and
- >>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >>Huh? So C= has decided to drop the SuperHire modes?
- >>I do not think so.
- >
- > He also claimed that it won't work with the old Amigas...this is not
- >necessarily true. Remember, the developers don't go out and buy new computers
- >every time some new chips come along with new software. The original Amiga
- >1000 was developed on some IBM system. I heard that the Mac II's were
- >developed on Amiga systems. I am sure that CBM or a third party will support
- >AA chips on the A3000 and below. Until Friday, anything else is merely
- >a rumor and should be ignored.
- >
- >
-
- That information came straight from a Commodore UK representative. These are
- NOT rumors as you will soon find out.
-