Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!metahawk From: metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby) Subject: Re: Mac can emulate amiga&has over 1,000,000 colors Message-ID: <7b9f38m@rpi.edu> Sender: Wayne Rigby Nntp-Posting-Host: jec417.its.rpi.edu Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY References: <49174@nigel.ee.udel.edu> Date: 29 Mar 91 04:26:08 GMT Lines: 67 In article <49174@nigel.ee.udel.edu> "PETER C. FREY" writes: > >A mac consultant (also ardent about his 'computer'), who didn't know >the expression 'BTW' or what a video toaster was, stated that his mac, >which cost him $2000, was better than my A2000, which I got used (only >1 year old) for $850 and monitor for $100 (both are in excellent condition >and with many add-ons). I was able to prove him wrong in that comparison. > >HOWEVER, > This ignorant fellow, ruffled as he was, insisted many times that a >certain, top of the line, newly released mac had over 1,000,000 colors, >cd sound, and several other unbelievable things. He said that mac can >emulate amiga software these days. The present rumors in the Mac world these days is that the next new Mac coming out will be a tower 68040 machine. The top of the line right now is the Mac IIfx, which comes with no display card. You can buy a 1 bit card for use with a 12 inch monochrome monitor, or an 8 bit card for 256 out of 16 million colors max, or a 24 bit card for up to 16 million colors out of 16 millions colors on screen. The 1 bit card costs $135 (ed. pricing), 8 bit - $425, and 24 bit - $595. A graphics coprocessor can also be bought with a graphics coproccessor (for an extra $725) and has room for RAM for enhanced graphics use (can someone say chip RAM, does anyone think this sounds familiar?). So the top of the line Mac can have > 1,000,00 colors if you wnat to pay for it. As to emulating an Amiga, possible, but not probable. A legal Amiga emulator would need a hardware board in which all the custom chips could be placed. This would probably run slower than a normal Amiga. A software Amiga emulator would be extremely slow, even on an fx. Look at the C64 emulators and how slow they run with only a few custom chips being emulated. I'm sure Commodore would also raise a legal eyebrow at such a device. I also browse through my roomate's MacWorld's and don't remember seeing such a device mentioned. > >I discussed this with other Amiga users on relay, and they doubted the >possibility of the above right off. If such was possible, they state, >you'd have to mortgage your house to do so. > >Even if the mac does it with a truckful of money, they CAN do it. At least, >this what that consultant said. He said that he received this information >from the macworld (or whatever its name is) and hands-on. > > My universe will crumble if the above is true. > Tell me it's not so!!! > > - Peter C. Frey > PFREY@DREW.BITNET > >************************************************************************** >* // * >* //| // * >* // | ||\ // * >* //__| ||\ //| -------- -------_ ||\\ \\ // * >* //---| ||\\ // | || || __ _ ||_\\ \\ // * >* // | || \\/ | ___||___ |_____|| || \\ \\/ * >* * >* "WHERE MACINTOSH IS JUST ANOTHER NAME FOR A ROTTEN APPLE" * >************************************************************************** > > Metahawk metahawk@rpi.edu