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From: alexhagn@neabbs.UUCP (ALEXANDER HAGEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Bridgeboard AT help
Message-ID: <375131@neabbs.UUCP>
Date: 5 May 90 19:13:35 GMT
Organization: NEABBS multi-line BBS +31-20-717666 (13x), Amsterdam, Holland
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Bord     :NEWS.AMIGA
Nummer   :374871   News bericht (ontvangen)
Status   :Openbaar   2 x gelezen   0 x beantwoord
Aan      :Iedereen
Afzender :John Sparks
Datum    :05-05-90 04:57:01
Onderwerp:Re: Bridgeboard AT help

sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) writes:

>>Furthermore, the display of an AT board is very slow! Also, only MDA and
>>CGA are available, while most AT's will have EGA or VGA. On the other hand,
>>there are student discounts of about 30%.

>The AT bridgeboard runs at standard AT speed (it IS an AT!!!) of 6 Mhz.

Well, it runs even faster: 8 Mhz. Also, a hardware extension is available
that will increase this speed to 12 Mhz!

>And CGA is just the built in display (makes it so you can run the AT in
>an Amiga window).

CGA will be fine for many applications. However, if you are running
animations on the PC, you will have noticed the Amiga can't cope with
that adequately. Have you tried to play a game of Golf on a bridgeboard?
I have, ONCE!

>                  But there is nothing stopping someone from buying an
>IBM video card (VGA, EGA, SuperVGA, TARGA, etc) and using it on the IBM
>side [...]

Of course this will increase the price of your Amiga 2000AT system
considerably! Also, here in the Netehrlands, you can't buy an AMIGA without
monitor (at the university that is). So, you might end up with two
monitors! An EGA/VGA Multisync and the 1084. Of course you can sell the
1084 again, but it will cost you money!

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