Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!ads.com!sparkyfs.erg.sri.com!rusti From: rusti@erg.sri.com (Rusti Baker) Newsgroups: comp.mail.multi-media Subject: Re: Info wanted... Message-ID: <1991Apr18.222401.3908@erg.sri.com> Date: 18 Apr 91 22:24:01 GMT References: <1374@shakti.ncst.ernet.in> <1991Apr16.034500.4748@cs.wayne.edu> Sender: news@erg.sri.com Distribution: usa Organization: Engineering Research Group Lines: 22 In article <1991Apr16.034500.4748@cs.wayne.edu> jal@pandora.cs.wayne.edu (Jason Leigh) writes: > >Seriously, the recommendation for using the Amiga for multi-media >is a good one. You don't need an overblown processor (like on the PC) >to do decent graphics; and the price will probably be more reasonable >than the PC; I would add that you may also want to consider a soon to be announced product from Silicon Graphics. See this week's Business Week for an article on the Compaq/SGI deal. They mention a high performance machine (MIPS R3000 based I am sure) priced well below Compaq (!!) that will be out by the summer. I think that the article said that it will have integral multimedia support. I assume this means video?? Audio is already on the 4D/35. >especially when you need good 3D rendering software. And what could be better than an SGI machine for 3D rendering performance? -- Rusti Baker SRI Engineering Research Group (415) 859-2318