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- From: sevigny@vlsi.polymtl.ca (Benoit Sevigny)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: World of Commodore summary, 9/12, part 2 (LONG)
- Keywords: new chipsets, WOC
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.194027.9946@vlsi.polymtl.ca>
- Date: 13 Sep 92 19:40:27 GMT
- References: <1992Sep13.001854.21763@cco.caltech.edu>
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- Organization: Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
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- In article <1992Sep13.001854.21763@cco.caltech.edu> andrey@cco.caltech.edu (Andre T. Yew) writes:
- >default or not). It would also have 8 channels of 100KHz
- >16-bit sound (sounds like overkill, no?). Supporting all
-
- Did anybody talked about 16-bit sampling?
-
- >EVERY bitplane! There will be 24-bit truecolor (yeah, now
- >where's my 48-bit color?). There will be some kind of
-
- I think they should consider an alpha channel, especially if they plan real
- time video play back along with enhanced genlock capability.
-
- >of 100Hz. The processor slot would be 32-bit and processor
- >independent. He mentioned RISC processors, but said
-
- >of that now -- Commodore will keep up with the industry,
- >which means, Eggebrecht says, they will introduce 100MHz
- >processors as soon as they are out. Commodore "won't
-
- Any hint about the functionnality of these processors? Will they be used
- as general purpose coprocessors or they will port AmigaOS on RISC
- processors?
-
- >5). Specifically, release 3 has all of the 2.1 stuff
- >plus AGA support and multimedia support. 3.1 has API
- >network extensions. I asked Allen Havemose about this,
- >and he seemed to imply that the 2.0 TCP/IP software is
- >not going to be released but instead integrated into
- >the OS. 3.1 also will have file and printer sharing,
- >and DSP support. Release 4 will be retargetable and
- >have full Postscript printer support. I asked Havemose
- >about resource tracking, and he said, "Not in the next
- >version", meaning 4.0, but he said it will be in later.
-
- Did you hear about virtual memory and multi-processor support?
-
- >Andre Yew andrey@tybalt.caltech.edu (131.215.48.100)
-
- I would also like to know if the 4000 will be upgradable to that 'high-end
- chip set' or if it will be part of a brand new machine?
- --
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- __ Skipping every ?86 numbered lines in your code will remove all your
- __/// remaining bugs and bottlenecks 8^)
- \XX/ Benoit W Sevigny, software engineering student, sevigny@info.polymtl.ca
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