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From: ddev@wam.umd.edu (Don DeVoe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Macs etc.
Summary: Who cares?
Message-ID: <1990Oct23.182010.6663@wam.umd.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 90 18:20:10 GMT
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In article <1990Oct23.170305.26130@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@wookumz.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>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.

>>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?

> 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.

Yes, you need add-on cards...*from Apple*. In fact, Mr. Haynie's statement
is false, since you can buy a mac *straight from apple* that will support
higher resolutions than the A3000. I am not aware of all graphics modes
currently supported on the 3000, but please note that the resolutions which
you specified are below the resolution noted by Mr. Plantinga on his
Apple-supplied system. 

>(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)

Did anyone claim otherwise?

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