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From: jdg@elmgate.UUCP (Jeff Gortatowsky CUST)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Atari's blitter vs. the Mac RISC graphics unit
Summary: Mac graphics .vs. the world
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Date: 23 Mar 90 01:40:48 GMT
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 In reference to some previous articles, I'd like to add my two cents
(bringin' us close to a buck). The "blitter" replacements (if you will)
for the Mac exist / have in many varietys. If one has the money, a mac
can rapidly become a formidable graphics box. The Atari Blitter, is,
too little too late. It was plagued? By bad? functionality and as the
Atari Press said, Bad runs of the chips. Considering, that their are software
packages out claiming speeds close to (exceeding?) the blitter through
software. The Amiga's another beast again, having some rather complex
traits both in hardware & software. Nowadays, PC's have some real horsepower
too. a VGA w/ a comptenet 286 (preferablt 386) can do some astounding items.
However, I've never been a big fan of "port" mapped I/O. Still, however,
w/ the various advantages of the recent Intel chips, and the price/performance
and expandability ratios as compared to the competition (not to mention
the software) its not an easily brushed aside machine to take one into the
next 4-5 years of desk computing. Point I guess of all this mumbo jumbo
is which is the most "fun" machine to dabble w/ be one the programmer or
user. Given the software base, the expandability, the horsepower & a bright
future... One choice shines clear, thats PC clonage. The TT is too expensive
for the avg joe(sephine), and from what I've read does;nt deliver near the
umphh as A competent INTELeBEAST. Apple is starting to feel the walls close
in too (if knowones noticed), and commodore... Who knows? They're bein' 
semi-hushhush about their new developments.
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Jeff Gortatowsky-Eastman Kodak Company  .....sun!sunrock!kodak!elmgate!jdg
(716)-726-0084
Eastman Kodak makes film not comments.  Therefore these comments are mine
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