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- From: bloc1469@ee.ee.uwm.edu (Gregory R. Block)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Amiga DTP isn't catching up quite fast enough...
- Date: 8 Nov 1992 19:15:56 GMT
- Organization: Electrical Engineering Dept. University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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- References: <4NOV199211265403@rigel.tamu.edu> <1992Nov4.213209.11583@gn.ecn.purdue.edu> <5NOV199211292562@rigel.tamu.edu>
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- In article <5NOV199211292562@rigel.tamu.edu> cpw8034@rigel.tamu.edu (Alan Wen (409) 693-2924) writes:
- >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.
-
- I'd say that's due to the program being run, wouldn't you? If you
- need a bigger processor, then get the 4000.
-
- >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...
-
- The system isn't going to be any slower with a 4 or 16-color hires
- display. You won't notice slowdowns until you go over 4 bitplanes on
- the non-interlaced 640x400 stuff, and you can go 8 bitplanes without
- slowdown on the 640x400 interlaced.
-
- It's all a question of bandwidth. AGA has it, ECS doesn't.
-
- >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...
-
- Things change in the world of consumer electronics.
-
- Greg
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