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From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future
Message-ID: <1991Jun8.012801.22773@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 8 Jun 91 01:28:01 GMT
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In article <5092@orbit.cts.com> chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch) writes:
>dant@ryptyde.UUCP (Daniel Tracy) writes:
>>Responding to the following:
>>
>>"can you name any other system that has a totaly programmable display?"
>>
>>I can. The Macintosh! :-)
>

  BZZZT. You can't change the scanrates on a Mac as far as I know of.
The Amiga can easily go into PAL or NTSC mode, it can also output
15 or 31 khz (requires multisync), I've even seen new monitor files
that let you choose a 70hz, I don't know the full range the denise
can go as I don't have the docs for the new denise.
  In addition to all this, on the Amiga you can change/smooth scroll
the bitmap pointers easily. You can change bitmaps anywhere on the
screen via copper(hence the Amiga pulldown screens, and the new
auto-scroll screens in 2.0 which let you have Mega-big screens like
1024x1024). This is why the Amiga is thee "video computer." It's display
is awesomely flexible. In fact, I've seen demos onthe Amiga that
switch between hi/lo res in the middle of the screen(imagine a
lo-res background with lots of action going on with a small hi-res
mini-screen in the center).

>oh really?  how is that?  The mac display is a standard 72 dpi.  no other
>resolution modes.

  72 DPI on a monitor 9" across is rougly 640 horizontal pixels, not
particularly exciting. I'd rather have a mega-pixel display (1024x1024)
like workstations have providing I could afford it.

   Anyone from CBM want to post the full specs on the new
denise including the upper and lower limits on its display or
do I have to purchase Devcon notes?

(BTW, don't list the screen resolutions, I already know all of the
Denise's new "standard" ones like 1280x200/400, 640x480/960 and even 
some of the wierd ones like 160x480. How is the 70hz mode done?)



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