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- From: cpw8034@rigel.tamu.edu (Alan Wen (409) 693-2924)
- Subject: Re: Amiga DTP isn't catching up quite fast enough...
- Message-ID: <5NOV199211292562@rigel.tamu.edu>
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- Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
- References: <4NOV199211265403@rigel.tamu.edu> <1992Nov4.213209.11583@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 17:29:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov4.213209.11583@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>, sacke@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeff Hanna) writes...
- >In article <4NOV199211265403@rigel.tamu.edu> cpw8034@rigel.tamu.edu (Alan Wen (409) 693-2924) writes:
- >>
- >>BTW, my 24-bit graphics card (Diamond Speedstar 24x) only costs $175... I paid
- >>$212 (educational discount even) for my A2320 de-interlacer card!!!
- >Why don't you tell the whole truth and admit that that card will only do
- >24bit color in 640x480 resolution?
- >Here are the 24x supported modes
-
- >Now, which seems to be a better display system? Commodore is looking
- >forward. *ANY* machine (Mac, PC, Amiga, NeXT, Sun, ad infinitum...) can do
- >DTP, but only the Amiga can do kick-butt, knock you on your ass, 30fps
- >multimedia out of the box.
- >
- I assumed everyone knows what modes the 24x would support. Now where did
- I mentioned that the Amiga can't do multimedia? On the contrary, I said
- that it's the only thing the Amiga can use to stay in the market.
-
- First off, what kind of refresh rate can you possibly get in a scalable
- typeface prg like PageStream2.2 on an '020 based A1200? Please, even an
- A3000/25 is unacceptable.
-
- Please don't say that I'm only telling half the truth... how slow does
- your amiga gets when you have more than 4 colors on a 640x400 workbench
- screen? I even notice the slow down w/ 16 colors on an A3000/25.
-
- Sure the A1200 has the AA chipset, but it's not exactly an A4000...
-
- ..and what prg's are you going to use with your amiga? Why isn't
- MicroSoft (now bigger than IBM) porting over Word or Excel?
-
- Why isn't Aldus porting Adobe PhotoShop or PhotoStyler? They can't make
- money in with them on a poorly supported machine.
-
- Why don't you give the good folks over at IDG Communications and ask them
- what they use to layout there AmigaWorld Magazines? Hmmmmm....
-
- The Amiga is for multimedia. The Amiga is for Games. The Amiga is for
- some animations.
-
- The Amiga isn't too hot at DTP. in the same token that IBM's aren't
- multimedia giants. (even though they're making tons of $$$ from it)
-
- Your belief that the Amiga can do any and everything makes you a product of
- the early 80's "computer wars" with the "My c64 is better than your atari" or
- "My C128 is better than your AppleIIgs"... Please...
- THE COMPUTER WARS ARE OVER! IBM clones have won. The 90's are now years
- for grabbing the niche markets and not for total domination. 85% of ALL
- microcomputers in the world are ibm clones. 10% or so are Mac's... the
- remaining 5% are misc micros like Amigas, NeXT's, etc...
-
- alan
-