Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!att!mcdchg!ddsw1!tronsbox!tron1 From: tron1@tronsbox.UUCP (HIM) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Better Graphics Keywords: graphics display Message-ID: <25afe8a9:3842.2comp.sys.amiga;1@tronsbox.UUCP> Date: 14 Jan 90 03:03:32 GMT References: <343@vixen.uucp> Lines: 46 >In <343@vixen.uucp> joe@vixen.uucp (Joe Hitchens) writes: > >-> All this talk about the "Black Belt Video" device and interpereting >-> the signals differently to get better results just sounds like the biggest >-> kludge ever. Really ??? Why ?? Because it is oustide the machine ??? Because it works on >ALL< Amiga's (not just the 2000) , or because it uses the monitor we already own ?? >-> Non-Amiga people I have talked to always say that the thing that turned >-> them away from the Amiga was the display looked real cheesy-toylike-C64 >-> like. And it does. The standard WorkBench display is just not very So they bought IBM's. >-> I make a living with my Amiga, so I need display modes that are supported >-> by the system. I can't use something that is just a novelty mode that >-> can't be used easily by normal productivity software. Now let me get this straight , you see I make a living on my Amiga as well. And I firmly beleive that a NICE looking inexpensive card like the BBS that works on ALL amigas is a better market vehicle than a VERY expensive card that only runs in 2000's .. but hey , that's just me. And BTW -- The BBS Device is >INCREDIBLY simple to write software for , without any funny tricks at all , further it doesnt need CA -to change one BYTE of code to support it. As opposed to some funny 8 bit card that needs a WB upgrade to run. >Someone's bound to get defensive, but aside from the usual boring "VGA >is beating us" argument, you've made some good points. >-- >Robert Jude Kudla Umm.. I am ... I like the box , and think that better video for the masses at 300$ is a VERY nice point. **************************************************************************** Everything I say is (c) 1990, except the stuff I stole from someone else and the stuff I don't want responsibility for. Kenneth J. Jamieson: Xanadu Enterprises Inc. "Professional Amiga Software" UUCP: tron1@tronsbox.UUCP BEST PATH ---> uunet!tronsbox!tron1 Sysop, Romantic Encounters BBS - (201)759-8450 / (201)759-8568 ****************************************************************************