Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!tuvie!edvvie!voice!p0.f3.n313.z2.FIDONET.ORG!Johannes.Mistelbauer From: Johannes.Mistelbauer@p0.f3.n313.z2.FIDONET.ORG (Johannes Mistelbauer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Windows 3.0, SVGA Cards, and Amiga Message-ID: <7937.2691387B@voice> Date: 3 Jul 90 12:54:42 GMT Sender: ufgate@voice (newsout1.26) Organization: FidoNet node 2:313/3.0 - The Sub Etha Net, Baden Austria Lines: 41 In an article of <26 Jun 90 04:33:56 GMT>, BARRETT@owl.ecil.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: MB> The newest version of Windows from MicroSoft poses a greater danger MB> to the Amiga than most people believe. This is the very first release MB> of MB> a product from Microsoft that can touch the Amiga in multitasking and MB> ease-of-use, and it comes close in many ways. Ease-of-use yes, but its multitasking is _really_ weak. I just installed it on my BBS machine and played a little with it, but lost characters from the serial port when moving windows. With Windows 3.0 you will need a 25 MHz 386 to get the multitasking performance of an amiga. MB> I actually started to work on developing this thing myself, but MB> gave up after nearly completing the hardware because I realized that MB> the software was completely beyond my ability to develop. I would It would be nice, if you could send me the connection diagram of your board. A friend and I just started such a project and my part is to develop the hardware. But I am not very familiar with Zorro II and such things and I don't want an dead amiga :-). We thought of a new driver, similar to CON and RAW so that you can open a new window VGA:0/0/640/480, but it would be text-only. I am not sure if you could patch Intuition to run on such a card. Ok, here's my address: Johannes Mistelbauer Josef Klieberstr.36 A 2500 Baden b. Wien Austria / Europe Tel. 0043-2252-44027 (BBS) Thanks in advance, Johannes -- Johannes Mistelbauer Gated via FidoNet node 2:310/1 (His Master's Voice [Eur/Aut/Vie]) INTERNET: Johannes.Mistelbauer@p0.f3.n313.z2.FIDONET.ORG