Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!haven!udel!udccvax1!brahms.udel.edu!don From: don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: A low blow from Apple Message-ID: <14034@brahms.udel.edu> Date: 25 Sep 90 15:07:32 GMT References: <9009240703.AA21897@apple.com> Organization: University of Delaware Lines: 39 >>The Amiga500, which is the computer most bring up, does not have better >>graphics. > >Apple IIGS Amiga 500 >------------ -------------- >320x200-16colors/scan line 320x200-32colors/scan line >640x200-4colors/scan line 640x200-?colors/scan line (at least 4) >640x400-non existant 640x400-mono? > >As I stated before, these are the 'supported' modes. Of these supported modes, >the Amiga has more colors per screen and a video mode the GS doesn't even have. >...even if it is interlaced, the Amiga has it and the GS doesn't. > > Uuuh, the A500 stuff is a little off. It goes something like this: (My colors/resolution may be a little off, but I'll try to remember them): 320x200 32 colors 320x400 interlaced 32 colors 640x200 32 colors 640x400 interlaced 16 Also ham mode (4096 colors in any of the 320xXXX resolutions), extra halfbrite (in 32-color screens, shows half-tones of the original 32 colors to make 64 colors). Both are supported by the OS, the IFF file standard, and almost all software where there's any reason to support them (i.e. you won't find any HAM word processors around :-). Overscan for all resolutions is also supported, allowing screen as large as 708x480 interlaced or 708x240 non-interlaced. The new ECS chip set will have 4-color 640x480 & 1280 x 200 non-interlaced modes, as well as 640x960 & 1280x200 interlaced. On machines with the latest Agnus chip (which most have by now), you can switch to PAL mode via software and get 640x256 and 320x256 non-interlaced, 640x512 and 320x512 interlaced, with support, of course, for HAM, EHB, and overscan. > >I WILL! But why should I have to pay $1400 (retail) for a <7Mhz GS compared >to almost THREE TIMES LESS for a 7Mhz Amiga??? If the GS isn't going to run >at 7Mhz, it shouldn't be priced as if it were. Then spend the money you saved on a 25MHz '030 card for the 500 :-)