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From: dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor)
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Subject: Re: So, does *anyone* make 1024x768 x256 for the A3000?
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Date: 26 Apr 91 21:14:00 GMT
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In <8=vg2!m@rpi.edu> kudla@rpi.edu (Robert J. Kudla) writes:

>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.

What 1/10th?  The Toaster is oriented toward broadcast video standards,
therefore provides full color, but at broadcast resolutions.  The PC
versions cost MORE, not less.  The Toaster, in addition, provides
double buffering for realtime output, and support for special effects.

Right this minute, no one is selling a 1024x768 display adapter for
the Amiga.  There are several under development, but every one I've
heard of has a co-processor, like a 34010 or 34020.  These cards are
more like the $1000 PC cards, so there isn't anything to compare the
$150 cards against.  It wouldn't cost much more to build a "dumb"
Amiga display adapter to put out that resolution, mostly just the
volume discount on the parts.  But, such a card has minimal functionality
in an Amiga, so why bother?

Dan Taylor.