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From: kengo@pawl.rpi.edu (Kenneth Goldenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Cheesy Amiga Video
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Date: 6 Sep 90 16:29:13 GMT
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When this subject came up last spring I couldn't understand what everyone was
complaining about.  I loved my Amiga, and I thought that the resolution and
color, if not the best was pretty good.  Since then I have bought a digitizer,
and have gotten spoiled by a 1M pixel display in one of the labs here.  I have
also played with some okay VGA boards, and I'd like to submit an opinion from
someone who can't afford a multisync.  4096 colors sounds really nice until you
try to get a decent pallette for a photo.  Sometimes it comes out looking great,but I'd like to see improvements on AT LEAST the size of the pallette if not in
visible colors.  Higher resolution also, would be godsend, as there's only so
much interlace and morerows can do.  (Though I do look cool wearing my shades inthe room to reduce flicker).  What I DON'T agree with is that these upgrades
should be "Standard"  I don't like the fragmentation on the IBM front, but
that's mainly because in order to play a game you need to buy at least a lame
video board, and I know people who refuse to word process without VGA mono.
What I propose is that we let the Amiga evolve (excluding the OS for argument's
sake) into different machines for different purposes.  My reasoning is that the
"base Amiga" is so far above the "base PC" that the things that really require
portability will still run on a 256k 1000 (well, maybe not).  Essentially, I
feel that if someone is willing to pay $2k for a genlock they'll buy the Amiga
4000RCV (really cool video) for a bit more and get the 32 bit custom chips that
can still run the older video modes that us simpletons use.  I think the only
long term solution is to start diversifying Amigas (or at least boards).  Face
it, there's really not much you can put in your Video slot(s) right now...
That's what the Amiga needs most.
 

(but what do I know... I still think OS/2 is a failure)

                                                     -Mitch



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