Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!jarthur!bgribble From: bgribble@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Bill Gribble) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: List Price for the A2410 Video Card. Message-ID: <10150@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Date: 16 Dec 90 06:51:58 GMT References: Organization: Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA 91711 Lines: 44 In article WHE46@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Marc Barrett) writes: > This video card is a LONG time in coming. It is so long in coming >that it is already out-of-date before it is even introduced. There >are better TMS34020-based video cards becoming available for IBMs and >MACs with resolutions as high as 1280x1024 and color capabilities >as good as 32-bit. For this reason, I feel that the A2410 is already >too little much too late. If Commodore puts a price tag on it much >higher than $600, it will be too little, too late, too much, NO THANKS. > > > -MB- For once, I agree with Mr. Barrett. The future of the A3000UX has been hashed, rehashed, diced, sliced, and reiterated to the point of utter mind numbness, but I think everyone would agree that - now I'll spray on a little flame retardant, since I don't know if Marc's price quotes are accurate - everyone would agree that the future of the 3000 as a color X workstation would be substantially more secure if there was a video card available at a price comparable to those available for Macs and IBMs. I'm planning on buying an A3000UX when they become available, *if* I feel at the time that I'm getting the best system for that amount of money. Another $600 isn't inconsiderable, but for the improvement and to get a product built by the people that made my computer I think it's a small price to pay, and bundling SVR4, the card, ethernet, etc. and calling the whole thing the 3000UX-gt or something equally stupid would make the 3000 more attractive as a unix box. Also, a hardware-type point (so ignore this if it seems ignorant, I don't design computers for a living) - I recall that Amiga unix doesn't use the blitter for graphics in X, relying on the main processor. From what I've heard, the graphics card is designed to run under UNIX and X, so wouldn't this free up a bit of processor time, making the machine run faster as well as look better? Just think, you could market it as a graphics card/accelerator card all in one! :-) Enough already. ***************************************************************************** ** Bill Gribble Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA ** ** bgribble@jarthur.claremont.edu Never heard of it? You're stupid. ** *****************************************************************************