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From: honp9@jetson.uh.edu (Jason Tibbitts/The Blob Shop)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Good news concerning Amiga graphics
Message-ID: <6653.26ae01cd@jetson.uh.edu>
Date: 26 Jul 90 01:32:12 GMT
References: <3664@crash.cts.com>
Organization: Blob Shop Programmers
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[Sorry to take this public]

In article <3664@crash.cts.com>, seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes:
> In-Reply-To: message from honp9@jetson.uh.edu
> 
>  
> What's the difference between this, and a clone with an AT/Vista board...the
> TMS34020 does all the graphics work.  And what about the Levco RenderMan
> accelerator for the Mac, using the i860?
>  
> Just because it isn't the Denise doing hires, 24bit graphics, this product is
> a waste???  It's thinking like this that's still holding the Amiga back!
>  
I think you misunderstand me.  There are many systems that could do this job
adequately, but for some reason the Amiga was chosen.  Why?  

There are problems with the IBM PC bus and Apple's NuBus relating to transfer
speed, etc.  I believe the Zorro bus is in some ways superior here.  In what
ways?

What are the specific features that make the Amiga a better choice as a host
for such a system?

(Maybe this should be in hardware)

> Sean
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