Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!decwrl!decwrl!granite.pa.dec.com!mwm From: mwm@raven.pa.dec.com (Mike (Real Amigas have keyboard garages) Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: A3000 & Unix Message-ID: Date: 2 May 90 18:02:30 GMT References: <3399@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> <23082.263a1092@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <3513@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> Sender: news@decwrl.dec.com Distribution: comp.sys.amiga.tech Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 28 In-reply-to: bsyme@cs.strath.ac.uk's message of 30 Apr 90 18:12:05 GMT In article <3513@baird.cs.strath.ac.uk> bsyme@cs.strath.ac.uk (Brian J Syme IE88) writes: If this is the case (and it seems probable) I should imagine C= or a 3rd party will be in the add on high-spec video board market fairly soon (C= at least already has a 8-bit beast I believe.) But what good is this to AmigaOS 2.0? Would an entirely new graphics/layers.library be needed? Any info? Given that I stumbled across a preferences selector that had "default video" in it, I'd hope so. In fact, I hope that this means that adding video cards is about like adding printers - you install the hardware, copy the appropriate magic file to the appropriate magic directory, then twiddle preferences to use the selection that you haven't seen before. And now for a hardware question: how much of the A3000 hardware is tied to the clock rate? The cpu has to be, and I hope the memory is, but how about the IO hardware, etc? Or, from another perspective, what's the difference between the A3000/25 and an A3000/16 with a 25MHz '030 in it? Thanx,