Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!vaxf.iastate.edu!XGR39 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <1991Apr20.142016.25240@news.iastate.edu> From: xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1991 14:20:16 GMT Reply-To: xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) References: <11113@uwm.edu> ,<8068@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Distribution: na Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Lines: 36 In article <8068@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>, barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett) writes: >In article kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L. SHephard) writes: >>I worked on a IIcx and a SE-30 both with large monitors... >>...the Mac screen updates were very slooooow. > > Just FTR (for the record), Mac screen updates can be very quick with >the right graphics card. My friend at SuperMac showed me their 24-bit >graphics accelerator card, and it could do 24-bit updates faster than the >A3000 does 4-bit updates on the Workbench. The speed difference was very >noticable. > > Of course, you have to $$pay$$ for that kind of speed, but it does >exist for Macs. Actually, the price isn't really all that much. The list price for the 8/24GC with true 24-bit display and the RISC graphics coprocessor is $2000, and I've seen it for a little as $1500. Besides offering a very fast 640x480 non-interlaced 24-bit display, it offers resolutions up to 1024x768 monochrome, and is capable of generating 15KHz interlaced video output (for video purposes) with the flick of a switch. The only video card available for the Amiga that comes close to the 8/24GC is the A2410, and that hasn't been released yet and may cost more. > > Dan > > //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ >| Dan Barrett, Department of Computer Science Johns Hopkins University | >| INTERNET: barrett@cs.jhu.edu | | >| COMPUSERVE: >internet:barrett@cs.jhu.edu | UUCP: barrett@jhunix.UUCP | > \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\///////////////////////////////////// ---------------------------------------------------------- / Marc Barrett -MB- | BITNET: XGR39@ISUVAX.BITNET / / ISU COM S Student | Internet: XGR39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU / ----------------------------------------------------------