Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!crackers!m2c!ulowell!hawk!rsilvers From: rsilvers@hawk.ulowell.edu (Robert Silvers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: List Price for the A2410 Video Card. Message-ID: <1634@ulowell.ulowell.edu> Date: 20 Dec 90 20:55:32 GMT References: Sender: news@ulowell.ulowell.edu Organization: University of Lowell, CS Dept Lines: 23 In article WHE46@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Marc Barrett) writes: > > Commodore has so far refused to set a price on their "U-Lowell" >A2410 video card. If and when Commodore does set a price on it, the >price will, I feel, totally dictate Commodore's success or failure >in the workstation market and the Amiga's future as a general-purpose >computer system. This will be the very first video product to be > The A2410 is, basically, a video card with a resolution of 1024x768 >and a color capability of 256 colors out of a palette of 16 million, >with a TI 34010 graphics coprocessor. (These are simplfied stats, > 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that it is already out-of-date before it is even introduced. There I disagree that the 2410 is out of date. It is true that there are `020 cards availiable for the PC with 24 bits. That should lower the price of his card, but does not make it obsolete. Did you see that IBM just anounced their new XVA graphics card? It is designed to replace VGA, and is said to be the new "standard" for high-end PCs. It offers 1024x768 and 256 colors. --Rob.