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From: nsw@cbnewsm.att.com (Neil Weinstock)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: flickerFixer Future
Keywords: MicroWay, Denise, flickerFixer
Message-ID: <1990Jun7.221030.4116@cbnewsm.att.com>
Date: 7 Jun 90 22:10:30 GMT
References: <1990Jun7.133716.25812@portia.Stanford.EDU> <31141@ut-emx.UUCP>
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In article <31141@ut-emx.UUCP> jonabbey@walt.cc.utexas.edu (Jonathan Abbey) writes:
>In article <1990Jun7.133716.25812@portia.Stanford.EDU>,
>  bard@jessica.stanford.edu (David Hopper) writes:
>
>[summary of Microway's plight now that the new denise/AMBER circuitry is out]
>
[ ... ]
>Not to worry.. Microway markets a number of rather powerful (and expensive)
>transputer and 'quadputer' boards for the IBM PC.. I don't really know how
>many of them they sell, whereas I think the FlickerFixer has probably done
>pretty well by them in the Amiga market.  But I'm quite sure that they sell
>enough to keep them comfortable in business.

The enhanced chipset DOES NOT obsolete the flickerFixer.  The new Denise
provides a graphics mode ("productivity" mode) that gives you flickerless 
display of > 400 lines, but it only gives 4 colors out of 64.  With a
flickerFixer, you can get all the normal modes flicker-free.

The A3000 comes with a flickerFixer-like function built in, despite the fact
that it's shipped with the enhanced chipset.  That should tell you something.
This does mean that Microway will not be selling any flickerFixers to A3000
owners.

Though I see productivity mode as a good thing, I'd speculate that flickerFixer
owners will never use it, and that many others will still find themselves
wishing for a flickerFixer.

                                      - Neil

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