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From: stelmack@screamer.csee.usf.edu (Gregory M. Stelmack)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Cheesy Amiga Video
Message-ID: <25@screamer.csee.usf.edu>
Date: 7 Sep 90 13:46:14 GMT
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In article <939@iceman.jcu.oz> cpca@iceman.jcu.oz (C Adams) writes:
>Not only are Commodore way behind on graphics standards (I have read the
>latest IBM i486 line will have a new standard better than VGA), but IBM now
>have multi-tasking, virtual memory and hardware memory protection with 
>Windows 3.0. I have seen the a3000 and it's 4 colour workbench pales
>compared to Windows 256 colours, even though it is a huge improvement.
>
>With all this stuff about the Amiga being "the machine" for multimedia, I
>am wondering why?  It's graphics are worse and IBM/Mac have/will have much
>more software available for them given the recent crush of multimedia hype.

First, the graphics. The Amiga always has been, and hopefully always will be,
tied to standard Video formats. As was pointed out in this news group a while
ago, higher resolution should probably wait until S-VHS and HDTV settle on
their standards. As for more colors, they would be nice, but going to a 24-bit
format would kill Amiga animation, as it is simply too slow.

Second, multimedia. The Amiga is "the machine" for multimedia precisely becaus
it is tied so tightly to the video standard. The Amiga is very easy to hook up
to VCRs, LaserDisks, etc. Because it's graphics are based on standard Video,
it is very easy to manipulate video images. And then, no IBM or Mac can touch
the Amiga's sound & music capabilities.

Don't even get me started on comparing Windows 3.0 to Intuition and Amiga
multi-tasking...Intel chips just don't compare to Motorola...

-- Greg Stelmack
-- Email: stelmack@sol.csee.usf.edu
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-- Amiga: the only way to compute!