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From: mlab2@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
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Subject: Re: Games coprocessor for the Mac (was Re: Risk)
Message-ID: <27384.2763c8c1@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>
Date: 10 Dec 90 23:41:20 GMT
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In article <1990Dec9.185637.25796@engin.umich.edu>, duck@engin.umich.edu (Ho Han Chyi Howard) writes:
> In article <27327.276221da@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu>, mlab2@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu
> writes:
> |> In article <10844@ur-cc.UUCP>, mek4_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Mark
> Kern) writes:
> |> your restrictions.  On that same note, I haven't seen fast 3D games on the
>                                                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> |> Amiga or IBM - what I mean is full 3D modelling with shading and shadow
> 
> I suggest you look at StarGlider II which has been around for sometime now on 
> the Amiga. And I also suggest you check your data about the animation speed of
> Amiga games. Some are really fast! 8-)
> 
Perhaps I didn't make my point clear...  I wasn't trying to slam the Amiga, I
was simply trying to pull out of my head an example of something NONE of the
personal computers are able to do.
If I'm thinking of the correct StarGlider II, they use polygons and
depth-searches - basically calculating vertices and filling regions for a
solid-hidden-line-removal effect.  That wasn't exactly what I meant by shading. 
Maybe I should have been more specific.  What personal computer can do full
raytracing with phong shading at 30-40 recalculations a second?  Answer - none. 
My point was simply that ALL machines have their current limitations.  I fancy
we'll all get a good laugh at StarGlider's graphics in 10 years or so. :)

john calhoun 
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