Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!bagate!cbmvax!daveh From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: Amiga Video Lamers was Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ? Message-ID: <22305@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 10 Jun 91 18:30:51 GMT References: <1991Jun8.202434.22621@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> <1991Jun8.234020.29594@marlin.jcu.edu.au> <1991Jun10.093910.23573@marlin.jcu.edu.au> Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 28 In article <1991Jun10.093910.23573@marlin.jcu.edu.au> cpdrj@marlin.jcu.edu.au (David R Jeffery) writes: >In article rkushner@sycom.UUCP (Ronald Kushner) writes: >>cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) writes: >>Didn't you read what some of the Commodore engineers have posted to the net? >>They added the productivity modes to the Denise chip so they can take an off >>the shelf part(ECS Denise) and use it in their CAD systems. Actually, they probably said that ECS Denise wasn't just an upgrade, it was an update. The folks out in Los Gatos didn't have any of the custom chips up in a modern CAD database, they were all hand drawn. So, basically, there was a lot more effort in ECS than you can imagine. >CAD??? Who are you kidding. If you know anything about CAD then you >wouldn't say that productivity mode is an option. How are you supposed >to a track of different enitities in 4 colours??? Maybe alright for >drawing a couple of boxes, but that is about the limit. That obviously depends on what kind of CAD you're doing. PCB and mechanical people want more colors. For schematic capture, the overwhelming choice around here has been monochrome for many years, simply because it has been faster, and color really doesn't matter. I personally use the A2024 and Moniterms (at home and work, respectively) for CAD related to gate array design. -- Dave Haynie Commodore-Amiga (Amiga 3000) "The Crew That Never Rests" {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!daveh PLINK: hazy BIX: hazy "This is my mistake. Let me make it good." -R.E.M.