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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A new Amiga from Japan?
Message-ID: <1317@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jan 90 17:37:24 GMT
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daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) writes:

>>  * a C-Trace ray-tracer that has output as good and any Amiga ray-tracer. 
>>    (One picture of 3 cats in a alley is really neat)

>All they had to do was port QRT or something to obtain quality.  That's not
>the issue with ray tracing programs.  The problems ray tracers have to
>solve are 1) The User Interface Problem and 2) The Underpowered Computer
>Problem (eg, even with a 25MHz 68030/68882, you can spend hours processing
>each frame).

Really? I ported QRT and DBW render over to my compaq 386/20 here at work
(running Unix) and I can calculate a frame in about 30 minutes (compared to
18 hours on a stock Amiga 1000). 

I would figure that a 68030/68882 setup would be at least as fast as that.

This FM towns (why is is called that????) sounds like a pretty nice machine.
A 80386 machine for $1700 is a pretty good deal, especially with the built in
CD ROM, Graphics, and all. An Amiga 2500/20 (still the better machine IMHO) 
will run you around $4000. 

If I didn't love Amiga so much I would be sorely tempted by the FM Towns 
computer. At least from Wayne's description. I have yet to see one.


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