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From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Wrong board size for Amiga 3000
Message-ID: <15158@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 15 Oct 90 15:50:23 GMT
References: <12879@encore.Encore.COM> <1990Oct15.074829.27115@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
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In article <1990Oct15.074829.27115@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jdobbs@director.beckman.uiuc.edu (Jim Dobbs) writes:
(Comments about video boards not fitting in A3000's)

>I couldn't believe it myself, but this IS the OFFICIAL Commodore-Amiga
>line on this problem.

As Dave Haynie pointed out recently, any board-manufacturer who
followed the PUBLISHED specifications for video-slot products will
still fit in an A3000.  One reason that we do provide specifications
is that we are aware of what restrictions will be required in order
to proceed with new products.  The risk of ignoring the spec is that
you won't work or fit.

>I understand that if you even try to OPEN a HIRES/OVERSCAN screen on
>the A3000, it Gurus...
>I haven't bitten the Guru's wazoo in AGES!

You understand incorrectly.  Please do not spread such misinformation.
As a matter of fact, AmigaDOS 2.0 makes Overscan so easy that a great
many A3000 owners run with overscanned screens as standard.  My Workbench
is 720 x 478, hires-interlaced.  The futures of Intuition and GadTools
(the modules I develop from my A3000) depend on this set-up not guru'ing.
It doesn't.

>HAVE A NICE DAY!

I'll try...

>    ^ -   James C. "Jim" Dobbs - jdobbs@director.beckman.uiuc.edu

     Peter
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