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From: rjc@wookumz.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Macs etc.
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Date: 23 Oct 90 17:03:05 GMT
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In article <8934@pitt.UUCP> planting@cs.pitt.edu (Professor Harry Plantinga) writes:
>In article <15198@cbmvax.commodore.com> daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave 
>Haynie) writes:
>> 
>> The A3000, as shipped, supports higher resolution than any Mac straight
>> from Apple.  There are a number of high resolution boards for the Mac, 
>which
>> is an advantage to those who need them.  And they do support more colors.
>> But they have no resolution advantage.
>> 
>> Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests"
>
>Ooo ooo, now the disinformation is coming straight from Commodore!  Does 
>the A3000, as shipped, come with better resolution than my Mac II, with an 
>Apple 21" 1152x870x8-bit grayscale monitor and an Apple 13" 640x480x24-bit color monitor?
>
>It doesn't come cheap, though; the total educational price at my university for these two monitors and the associated video cards is $2546.
>
>
>----------
>Harry Plantinga
>planting@cs.pitt.edu

 I beleive Dave was talking about the fact that an A3000 can produce
resolutions up to 1280x400 or greater when overscanned (also 640x960 this
also can be overscanned) And with the A2024 monitor you get even a higher
resolution. This isn't disinformation, its the truth. To get 1152x870
you said you need to buy a special CARD and MONITOR. Dave said,
'Higher resolution than comes with the Mac from apple.' Which is true.
You need add on cards for the Mac to do better.
(p.s. Resolution has nothing to do with the amount of colors. Its the
horizontal and verticle divisions of the screen. So 640x400x4 colors
is the same resolution as 640x400x8bit)



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