Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!lll-winken!taco!hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu!kdarling From: kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga still flickers!!!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <1991Apr19.065044.4997@ncsu.edu> Date: 19 Apr 91 06:50:44 GMT References: <1991Apr17.213337.3693@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Apr18.121236.404@news.iastate.edu> <1991Apr18.170916.19905@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Apr19.033447.22674@marlin.jcu.edu.au> Sender: news@ncsu.edu (USENET News System) Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 20 cpca@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Colin Adams) writes: >If C= ever had a machine that didn't flicker at all, we'd stop >complaining. I have a friend who manned a Amiga stand at a local >computer show with a Amiga 2500/30 and an Amiga 2000. They were showing >the picture of the astronaunt (which barely flickers at all), and every >one who saw it said 'hey that flickers!'. It didn't look good compared >to the 386 svga in the other booth. Even the 3000 flickers on a Nec 3d! >AND PEOPLE DO NOTICE IT!!!! People are not impressed when you tell them >'oh, you can buy this card to fix it up', or run in 640*200... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I've always thought that one of the great mistakes was the name "flickerFixer". Always makes me cringe when I see someone asking about Amigas, and people respond with "...and you should get a flickerfixer, also, for $xxx". Makes it sound like something's wrong, when it isn't. CBM had the better idea with "display enhancer". Still sounds like a fix tho. Personally, I prefer something like "alternative display mode" ;-) just a thought - kev