Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!batcomputer!alchemy!judge From: judge@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us (rory toma) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: Amiga still flickers!!!!!!!!!!! Message-ID: <2k0N12w162w@alchemy.tcnet.ithaca.ny.us> Date: 19 Apr 91 22:27:48 GMT References: <1991Apr19.065044.4997@ncsu.edu> Organization: Alchemy International, Ithaca, N.Y. Lines: 27 kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes: > 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 Why not call it agraphics enhancer? Display enhncer, whtever. Better tha Video Graphics ADAPTER. Sounds like a fix for something thatis not there. rory