Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!van-bc!resbbs!Alex_Topic From: Alex_Topic@resbbs.UUCP (Alex Topic) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A3000,is it really worth it? Message-ID: Date: 25 May 91 17:48:13 GMT Organization: Resonance - British Columbia, Canada Lines: 30 Well the A3000 looks real perfect for doing business work, ect.. Also the new A3000UX looks like something to get, since it can outpreform most micros, and it has a faster bus than the NeXt... But there is afew things I hate about it. Namely! The CUSTOM chips!!! They should of been totally revised and able to be backward compatible. Like Super Denise Should of at least have 256 colors in both hi'rez and low'rez! More less be totally vga! Also the sound could of been upgraded, but I think 8-bit is good enough. But the Agnus should of totally been modified! Like have triple playfield mode, instead of dual playfield! Also have a faster blitter(32bit!) maybe have multi-channel blitter, for even faster access! Have maybe 16 sprites per scan line! Have a more powerful copper perhaps!.. Now this machine would then be thee best micro for sure! I would then get it over anything else. Right now I'm waiting and hopeing CBM comes out with more powerful custom chips. That's the one the main reasons I have an Amiga, is mainly cuz of the custom chips. I mean if it didn't have it I would just goto the IBM! I think the CDTV should of atleast have more power than the regular A500, and commodore should maybe have a kit or something that gives you totally ne chip set. Maybe a bit faster blitter and 8-bit color atleast, and maybe bigger pallete!..ect! And lots of software should be made in it, now you would see good stuff then, and possible Workbench would be as pretty as Windows. Oh well CBM better do something fast or things are just going to die! the biggest mistake they did is not have 256 colors atleast in low'rez! And that has made most people choose the IBM over it! C'ya all around! A.t. """"