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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
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Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1991 16:02:20 GMT

In article <1991Apr18.121236.404@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU writes:
>> Perhaps Commodore should make a NuBUS card with the Amiga chipset on it
>>and sell it as a Mac video card.
>
>   Who would buy it?  I don't really see why an MAC owner would want to
>pluck down $1500 for a video card that has 640x400 interlaced graphics with 
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>12-bit color, when that same MAC owner would purchase a card from Apple
>that gives them 640x480 non-interlaced graphics with 24-bit color and a
>high-speed RISC graphics coprocessor to boot.
>
	Once again you miss the point. You knock the Amiga for
one of its features! It is the interlace video which allows the
Amiga to do the video work it does without having to buy
expensive addons. If it weren't for that the Amiga would have
nothing but games.

	-- Ethan

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