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- From: tmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Tim Ciceran)
- Subject: Re: The Amiga 1200 Specs - From CBM
- Message-ID: <1992Nov7.054616.23020@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA>
- Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
- Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 05:46:16 GMT
- Lines: 42
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- In article <1992Nov6.171329.8056@nynexst.com> clare@nynexst.com (Clare Chu)
- writes:
-
- >All right, enough about detachable keyboards...
- >What I want to know is if you have to buy a new
- >monitor for the A1200 to use the new graphics
- >modes, whatever they are...
-
- To take full advantage of the AGA chipset, you will need a monitor with
- multiscanning capabilities.
-
- >I've a choice of spending $1100 to upgrade
- >my A500 with the GVP 530 Turbo with 120 MB HD
- >or waiting to see what the A1200 comes out with
- >(hd, ram, price). If I have to buy a new monitor
- >it'll definitely swing me towards the GVP.
-
- I'd urge you to go with the A1200, as it offers increased graphics
- capabilities, a flicker-free display, a PCMCIA card slot, a 32-bit CPU
- expansion slot, and an '020 processor for about the price of the GVP
- accelerator. These features may not seem as essential now, but they
- guarantee longevity, which the accelerator does not. Multisync monitors
- for your purposes (productivity etc.) are priced comparably with the
- RGB variants, so this is less of a concern than you might believe.
-
- >I'm into word processing, databases, spreadsheets, and maybe scenery
- >(after I get the accelerator) and maybe cheap video editing
- >like using Video Director and video clip art of the
- >DPaint resolution. So is it really important to
- >get the AGA chip set for what I want to do?
-
- All of these applications are perfect candidates for increased colour and
- especially resolution... once you have a 640 x 480 display, there's no
- going back.
-
- >My husband says to get the GVP, but my coworker said
- >to wait for the A1200.
-
- I'll pitch in for the A1200 as well. If you need extra speed, '030 and
- '040 accelerators will be forthcoming and more cost-effective than their
- A500 counterparts. You won't regret it :).
-
-