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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Better Amiga Graphics and HDTV
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Date: 16 Jul 90 17:16:10 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from andrey@coil.caltech.edu

 
While the graphics on the SGI machine may be very interactive, they still
aren't "real-time."
 
Real-Time graphics would mean that they were rendered and interactive at 30
frames per second.  Not even the largest Cray can render, fully shaded 24bit
images at this speed.
 
Even though it's wireframe, have you ever messed around with CALIGARI, even
the demo?  It's VERY interactive, even on a stock 7.16MHz A500...now, if
someone would include a module for, say an i860, or Motorolla's new
"Media-Engine" chip that does 10 instructions per cycle (!!!), we might get
close to the performance of an SGI Iris...
 
SEan
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