Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.graphics:1142 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:8534 Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!kudla From: kudla@rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) Subject: Re: So, does *anyone* make 1024x768 x256 for the A3000? In-Reply-To: Fletcher@cup.portal.com's message of 25 Apr 91 03: 32:56 GMT Message-ID: <8=vg2!m@rpi.edu> Nntp-Posting-Host: nuge107.its.rpi.edu Organization: just say no! References: <1991Apr24.043853.20723@coplex.uucp> <41634@cup.portal.com> Distribution: na Date: 25 Apr 91 14:15:04 GMT Lines: 56 In article <41634@cup.portal.com> Fletcher@cup.portal.com (fletcher sullivan segall) writes: > The Viedo Toaster solution is obviously not the way to go. It is >sort of embarrasing to see a PC display 1024x768x256 for a total >investment of around $150.00. (not including monitor) since you seem to want 1024x768x256 I would suggest that you get a PC Clone. I have no doubt 1024x768x256 cards will forever be cheaper on PC Clones that any other equipment available. Personally I still wouldn't I don't think resolution of display is the primary purchasing factor for this person or anyone else.... but as far as price goes, cheaper is one thing, 1/10th the cost is another. > So, anyone know? Or is the Amiga doomed to be stuck with 640x400x16 >for the rest of its days.... (If you haven't seen 1024x768x256 before, >look at it. It *IS* impressive. Ever look at the price tag on the monitor? Now that is what I call impressive. So do I..... $350 or a multisync (or at least trisync) monitor, $150 for the card. Poof, you've got 1024x800x8 color for $500 - and about 2 programs that use it. (My roommate just did this less than a week ago, and now feels silly because he's got a nice 14" megapixel monitor which he uses mainly to play games in 320x200x8 mode and the only program which actually takes advantage of the screen size is Lotus, and the characters are small enough to give even me a headache). Anyway, the incompatibility thing is what would make me prefer a Mac or Unix/Xwindows box over a PC or Amiga if I wanted to make the most of a megapixel display. My personal opinion is that the high resolution cards have a long way to go before they really become useful. Right now they are dead-slow. Ever used a Sun Sparcstation IPC? Pretty nice, if real expensive. If you are a programmer, I would strongly recommend the Amiga. As a development platform for moderate to large sized programs it is much more enjoyable and easy to use than the PC (or UniX IMHO). On a PC you For big program development with a steep but very rewarding learning curve, surely. For banging out programs by the dozen though, I have to recommend the Borland Turbo series on the PC, much as I hate the machine itself. They're fast and concisely documented compilers. Enough gibbering, I've already made my decision. Hope you are as happy with yours as I am with mine... I am..... I use PC's at work, IPC's and Macs elsewhere, and I go home, sit down at my Amiga, and feel much more comfortable. Robert Jude Kudla No more bars! No more cages! Just rollerskating, disco music, and the occasional light show....