Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!sci34hub!presto!merlin From: merlin@presto.UUCP (Jeff W. Hyche) Message-ID: Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ? Distribution: world References: <1991Jun3.202114.4029@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> <1991Jun3.225024.13052@marlin.jcu.edu.au> <1991Jun4.210724.1246@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> <1991Jun7.091455.10355@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl> <1991Jun8.085839.3556@news.iastate.edu>,<1991Jun8.191231.18699@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1991Jun9.012550.19228@news.iastate.edu> Date: 11 Jun 91 22:59:25 CST Organization: I'm Just Me. In article <1991Jun9.012550.19228@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett) writes: > Who has told you that DIG will NOT take several years? The fact is, >nobody knows how long DIG will take. However, I do not think DIG will >be available in less than three years, simply because 2.0 itself has >taken three years to develop, and doesn't have anywhere near the radical >changes that DIG will most certainly require. > First what is DIG? > The fact is, it is right now impossible to have a Workbench with more >than 16 colors and a non-interlaced resolution higher than 640x480. This >is inadequate compared to the very nice 256-color display you can get on >the MAC LC, for instance. > > I would like to take a poll sometime. I am willing to bet that a >very sharp display with lots of colors at a high resolution is a lot >more usable to most people than being able to 'download to a coprocessor >straight out of the box'. > I would not bet on that. First in the real world I have never seen a display with more than 16 colors on it. I'm not talking about people who like 256 colors, I'm talking people who use computers for a living not to postnews. At work my 6000 system is can display 16 million colors out of 16 million colors. I use 16, because I like the bandwith to be used for real work and not pretty interfaces. My Amiga only displays 4 colors on the workbench and I'm happy with that. How much cpu cycles does the LC 256 colors use. Much more that I would consider useful. > A good example of how inadequate the current chipset has become is >the absurd number of bizarre hacks that have become available from third- >party companies enhance the chipset. Such hacks include the A2024 >monitor, all display-enhancer and flicker-fixer devices, the HAM-E, >colorburst, DCTV, etc. If the chipset was more adequate for video tasks, >such hacks would not be needed. > Define bizarre hack. Super VGA is a hack. The adlib board is a hack and so is the 24 bit boards that improve the macs display by your logic. > One final thought: if the current chipset is so adequate, why are >so many people bypassing parts of it entirely? I am talking about programs >like CPUBlit, which basically throws the slow blitter out of the window >and lets the faster CPU do its work. If the blitter was adequate, CPUBlit >would not be needed or wanted. > You can only tax a system so far. Even a cray II will be slow if you put to much of a load on it. -- // Jeff Hyche There can be only one! \\ // Usenet: hychejw@infonode.ingr.com \X/ UUCP: ...!uunet!sci34hub!presto!merlin