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From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Request for testers for Color X11 for Amiga
Message-ID: <4006@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 89 02:37:15 GMT
References: <19763@cup.portal.com> <164@modcomp.UUCP>
Reply-To: jimm@cloyd.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
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Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc, Los Gatos CA
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In article <164@modcomp.UUCP> srp@modcomp.UUCP (Steve Pietrowicz) writes:
)in article <19763@cup.portal.com>, stephan@cup.portal.com (Stephen Derek Schaem) says:
)>  My comments where only based on 'amiga being a good and inexpensive X 
)> terminal'.(in GFX.).
)>  If you are not looking for UNIX,Speed,good graphics{, performance in general
)> X on the amiga  is perfect, but again I have to say it again ;it will not
)> aply for other reason.Al my messages where based on that... I didn't say
)> that X souldnt never be seen runing on an AMIGA but that people how want
)> performance in general for a good price with X shouldnt think of the amiga.
)>  Hope that make my thought clear to you:-){
)
)It's always fun to see things like the above when people don't know what
)the hell they're talking about.   1/2 :-)


Yeah, as Sexton might say: "typical for a Portal weenie."

The Amiga has a hardware cursor.  My very limited exposure to X would
seems to indicate that this can make a big difference.  It also has
a handy little blitter.

My Amiga has an 25Mhz 030.  Wanna race for pinks, Whitey?

There *is* an obvious vulnerability of Amiga X in the marketplace: its
"large screen" implementation is kind of ... special.  And although
it will make an *extremely* cost-effective color system, it does not as
yet have a clear path to the very high end.

But then again, neither does Steve.

	jimm

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