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From: ddyer@hubcap.clemson.edu (Doug Dyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: AMIGA Specs
Message-ID: <12968@hubcap.clemson.edu>
Date: 6 Feb 91 23:37:29 GMT
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CXW148@psuvm.psu.edu writes:

>upgrade.  The only exception being the new 'Fat Agnes' which can access 1 meg
>of video memory at a time, and the new ECS (Enhanced Chip Set).

The 3000 setup has 2MB chip. 

Framebuffers make for a fast graphics system, giving the chipset and chip
memory you increase performance, but decrease flexibility.

In this area, C= is known to be working on a few things:
	1) Their new graphics board 24bit palette, 8-bit look-up table
	2) retargetable graphics (to enable workbench to use any device
	   such as their board)
	3) The 3000 can run two cpus efficiently ('30, '40).  The '30 might
	   become a blitter.  This is only speculative on my part. 

Their graphics board sounds REAL good.  Its currently used for openlook,
and I hope they decide workbench could use it.


bye,
Doug

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