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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art, but the NeXT is better
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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 1991 17:25:35 GMT

In article <y39Gf6-f1@cs.psu.edu> melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes:
>
>In article <1991Apr3.075121.18084@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>
>BZZZZT, wrong.  I didn't make an inaccurate statement, I asked a
>question.  However, you get BZZZZT for you lack of knowledge in your
>other posting about RISC vs. CISC.  Do you think pc's outperform
>workstations?
>
	Weren't you saying that the NeXT is faster than the
low-end Suns, and the NeXT uses a CISC and the Sun uses a RISC?

>	   That's why the Amiga has the best character generation
>   software and the best 3-D modeling software of anything in its
>   price range. Yes, a niche market, but that is how Apple started,
>   not so?
>
>Why is it better?  I'm not that familiar with the Amiga character
>generation software.  How is it better than Display Postscript?
>
	Color, anti-aliasing and software to take advantage of
that.

>On another thread, how much raw CPU does it take a computer to make up
>for the advantage the Amiga has with its blitter?  Does the blitter
>effectively run at 14MHz?  Someone told me that it was only 3MHz.
>Does a 33 MHz PC have comparable graphics capabilities to an Amiga
>500?
>
	It is 7.14MHz to be precise, which is a rate designed to
be good for NTSC scan rates. Admittedly it is slow. My 25MHz 030
outperforms it, unless it is busy with other things. It is well
known that Commodore is working on improving the custom chips,
but it is a slow process if you intend to do a real improvement
rather than a quick fix.

>-Mike
>


	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.