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»CL6:-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
»CL0: The PC Scene Is Not Our Standard!
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Written by »CL5:Alvin »CL6:of »CL5:Nah Kolor
»CL1:With the introduction of the 1 GHz
processors by AMD and Intel, the
PC has reached new standards when it
comes to speed. Even though currently
a bit out of reach for the normal
user, »CL6:prices drop rapidly when it
comes to computer hardware.»CL1:
Now, imagine owning one of these
monster machines. Together with the
new graphics card from ATI (maybe
the one that was supposed to be in the
computer Amiga announced, while owned
by Gateway), it would be a killer.
Imagine then a demo produced and
made especially for this computer.
Yeah, that would be something, would
it not? Or would it?
»CL8:For many years, the Amiga Scene set
the standards when it came to demos
and Scene productions»CL1:. The PC Scene
came out of the Amiga Scene. Things
are very different these days. It
seems like the PC Scene is setting the
standards. Whatever Amiga Sceners see
in PC demos, they try to duplicate to
show that "Hey, we can do that too and
we can do it better!" Vanity, is it
not?
»CL6:In a sense it does seem like the Amiga
Scene is a bit arrogant.»CL1: We desire to
beat the PC Scene in their back yard
by doing the very same things they do.
We are trying to play in their league
even though wedo not quite qualify.
We are trying to kick their tail, but
we cannot quite reach it.
The PC boasts hundreds of MHz when it
comes to speed. »CL7:The graphics cards
available are fantastic and superior
to Amiga cards and with that
combination, anything the PC Scene
puts out will be superior technically.»CL1:
Surely the Amiga demos has shown that
the Amiga can do amazing things but
one cannot deny that »CL7:we will never
quite reach our goal if this is the
PC Scene and their productions.»CL1:
Lately, there has been some discussion
in the Eurochart concerning this
issue. One camp does not understand
why the whole Scene does not just jump
on the PowerPC bandwagon and upgrade
so that new productions can take
advantage of the power. »CL6:These people
seem to desire a change similar to the
one the Scene experienced when AGA was
introduced.»CL1: The other camp is not as
excited about this though. To them,
PowerPC is a dead-end, a futile
exercise in spending money that leads
nowhere. While the first group sees
more speed as the foundation for
greater production, this group does
not. Instead, they are content with
030 and 040 and the thing called
demos-with-design.
»CL7:On its face, the race to go faster
and faster seems to be a reflection of
the PC Scene and a desire to go where
the PC Scene is and even beyond this
point.»CL1: They set the standards, we
follow.
From another point of view, it seems
like the people that dislikes this
move towards PowerPC are the ones
scared of taking risks, people that
does not like unknown territory.
These people have always been around,
always complaining when they are left
behind.
However, both parties have good
points. First, we need to be creative,
we need to think different. What the
Amiga Scene needs is not necessarily
fast amazing hardware since this will
only produce copies of the PC Scene.
We need to be unique and we will not
accomplish this by running after the
GHz chip.
»PIC:4.iff» »PIC:4.iff» »PIC:4.iff»
The C64 Scene is respected and their
demos are looked at with awe. It is
amazing what they can squeeze out of
such limited hardware. »CL8:The creators of
the C64 demos are respected for what
they can do with the limited hardware
they have,»CL1: not for the lots of speed
and powerful graphics cards they do
not have. Watching the latest C64
demos is truly amazing and Amiga demos
needs this status as well.
»CL6:On the other hand, PowerPC does not
have to be a dead-end. »CL1: If it is a
dead-end for Amiga demos and programs,
it is in many cases because we, the
users, are not supporting it. With all
that have happened the past years and
most recently the demise of Phase5,
the future of PowerPC sure seems dark
and it is understandable if users are
not willing to cough up big bucks for
something uncertain. However, those
who keep an eye on the hardware
developments on the Amiga market knows
that the Phase5 PPC-cards are still
available and other PPC-only cards are
also under development. »CL7:It is also
worth considering that the new Amiga
OS will actually run on these new PPC
cards»CL1: while at the same time not
closing the door to old software. So,
to say that PPC is a dead-end is not
quite true.
Surely, the PPC has its place but if
we only use the power available to
copy others, we will not accomplish
much. »CL8:Amiga demos will be truly great
when we no longer try to be what we
are not.»CL1: The Amiga Scene is different
from the PC Scene. At least this has
always been one of its claims. So, let
us be different. Let us not strive
to be like others, let us strive to be
different. Walk away from the standard
set by the PC Scene. Let us set our
own standards, speed or no speed.
If setting new standards and
innovation comes from using PowerPC
and high speeds, so be it. If not,
let us be content with what we have
and »CL7:let us show the world that amazing
things can be done with limited
resources.»CL1:
»PIC:3.iff»