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From: svante@kberg.se (Svante Gellerstam)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Amiga Custom Chips - why hasn't C= made them faster?
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.072417.2399@kberg.se>
Date: 8 Apr 91 07:24:17 GMT
References: <1991Apr3.130218.25163@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <6456@amiga.UUCP> <1991Apr4.200011.23370@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> <1991Apr4.211339.30360@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
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In article <1991Apr4.211339.30360@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> am66@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Alexander Maldutis) writes:
>Commodore should release the ULowell board soon, simply as a standard for
>24bit graphics.  Nobody wrote game software to take advantage of higher 
>speed Amigas 'till the A3000 came out, and then presto, many games have
>selectors for detail, etc.  If C= were to do this for graphics, much of the
>debate would disappear.

The only thing the Amiga needs for the video and high res display adapter
market to explode is a well defined screen driver interface a la MAC
QuickDraw-32. Please note that I am not advocating for the MAC, just
stating what effect such a standard can have. Just have a look at the
quantum quality leap HDs took when the hardblocks standard came out.
Today the Amiga has many of the best and most effective HDs working
flat out.

I would love to have the Amiga using the existing video image
technology to the same extent.

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