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From: don@brahms.udel.edu (Donald R Lloyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Sorry Guys, There is NO WAY!
Keywords: AMIGA 3000 vs NEXT
Message-ID: <16654@brahms.udel.edu>
Date: 8 Dec 90 21:33:58 GMT
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In article <22055@well.sf.ca.us> yoo@well.sf.ca.us (Young-Kyu Yoo) writes:
>Don't know about NTSC compatibility, but the video i/o on the NeXTDimension
>is something to see.  Realtime JPEG compression, the 80 MFLOP i860 to drive
>the display, the ability to hook up to a VCR, laserdisc, Camcorder, et al
>without additional boards.  
>
>The NeXT ain't a PC.  It's amazing how much more you can do with an optical
>and a hard disk than a floppy and a harddisk (kind of silly to even talk about

	Ummm, now you're comparing a NeXT (not even the low-end one) with 
thousands of add-ons to a 3000.  From the "ability to hook up a VCR.." line,
I'd assume it has some kind of NTSC output.  But can such output be had
without buying this card?  Does it come built-in with every NeXT?

>>Where's your MS-DOS bridgecard?
>With SoftPC 2.0 for $500 and with 100% AT compatibility and emulation at
>speeds comparable to a 12-16 MHz 286 machine, who needs a bridgecard?
>SoftPC 2.0 is due out in February.

	SoftPC doesn't allow you to plug in IBM graphics cards, memory, etc., nor
does it run on its own processor without slowdown of the "real" computer.

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