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From: wizard@sosaria.imp.com (Chris Brand)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Good news concerning Amiga graphics
Message-ID: <03348.AA03348@sosaria.imp.com>
Date: 18 Jul 90 20:48:32 GMT
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Finally a 24bit animation system seems to be available for the Amiga.
Here's the info:

A2000 2 megs Fastram, 40 megs hd, 44 megs SyQuest, Transputer Graphics
Board (yes, the Sang board) with 1 T800 and a G300, 2 megs DRAM and 2 megs
Video RAM, resolution up to 800x600 with true 24 bit. Helios Operating
System, NEC Multisync 3D

costs 20000 DM (about 11400 US$).

Of course, without software it's no good for a non programmer, so here's
the software:

Sabrina:     3D graphics and visualisation program (good title :-) with 24 bit
             3000 DM (1700 US$)

Miranim:     24bit Animation System
             17000 DM (9650 US$)

MiraShading: Developer System with Libraries and Compiler
             9050 DM 5130 US$)
             with Toolkit
             10500 DM (5950 US$)

MConvert:    Conversion Tool (SA, TS and so on to Sabrina)
             1500 DM (850 US$)

Display:     Framebuffer Software for SA, TS, Digiview, Sabrina, TIFF, IFF.
             1500 DM (850 US$)

I don't know whether these products are already shipping, a very early
version was however shown at the Cebit earlier this year, and the
Transputer board exists for over a year now. 

I just wonder if anybody is going to pay these prices. A low cost computer
with software prices that are anything but low - I don't know. A similar
Mac system would probably cost quite a sum less, though I believe it would
be somewhat slower.

Well, at least something's happening. And the benefical effects of the free
market are well known :-)

Oh yes, these information can be found in the latest issue of the german
Amiga Magazin, page 109.  The company (VideoComp) that offers these
products is well known for their professional soft- and hardware.

For anybody interested, here's the address:

VideoComp
Berner Strasse 17
6000 Frankfurt 56
West Germany
Tel. 069/5076969
Fax  069/5076200

I think I am regaining some hope for the Amiga's future, despite my
fatalistic nature (see also next message).


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Chris Brand - wizard@sosaria.imp.com
"Justice is the possession and doing 
of what one is entitled to" - Platon
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