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From: dmw@prism1.UUCP (David Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.amiga
Subject: Re: second thoughts on buying a 3000UX
Message-ID: <23@prism1.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 91 13:59:37 GMT
References: <1145@applix.com> <19754@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1152@applix.com>
Organization: Prism Computer Applications
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In article <1152@applix.com> scotte@applix.UUCP (Scott Evernden) writes:
>Well, this just isn't true these days.  It might almost be true if you've
>always got the VGA-mode rotate registers set.  Why would anyone use such a
>VGA for X if they didn't have to?  ET4000 VGA cards, for example, can run
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
	Maybe because 90% of the people out there DO have to, since they already
own cruddy PC-compatible equipment designed with DOS in mind? And these same
units are the only affordable ones?
>with no wait states.  Aside from a co-p., they are the only sensible thing
>to put on an ISA bus.  So, an end to this VGA wait state rumor, okay?
	It's not a rumour, it's a fact. And even if VGA didn't have wait
states, it STILL can't go any faster than the PC's slow bus in the first
place.
>Arguments about 32bits at 7.16MHz vs 16bits at 12MHz, and my wait states
>are fewer than yours, and blah blah blah are silly and haven't caused me to
	The bus is not 7,14Mhz, it is 14, even on the 68000 units.


				Dave