Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mintaka!wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu!rjc From: rjc@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: The Amiga's Future Message-ID: <1991Jun15.023205.12182@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 15 Jun 91 02:32:05 GMT References: Sender: news@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu Organization: The Internet Lines: 57 In article Alex_Topic@tvbbs.UUCP (Alex Topic) writes: > > They said CBM should do something like incorporate 24-bit graphics >right into the CUSTOM chip set. I would be willing to upgrade my chips to get >24-bit graphics. For around $200-300!! Maybe have a faster blitter or >something and of course be backwards compatible.... or just have new >modes!!etc... Yea, I'm sure C= could slap this together in about 3 days and have it ready for production too! And while they're at it, why not add in that Cray-YMP emulation for $200-300 and chuck in a copy of BLAZEMONGER for free. A 24bit 640x400 screen takes up 768k of ram rendering an A500 1meg system useless. A 24bit 640x400 screen requires much faster ram, and fster Amiga chips all around. It's just plain stupid trying to cram 24bit graphics on the chipbus, it's much easier (and faster) to create a ZorroII/III card to do it. You are not going to get a 24bit custom chip set for $200-300 with the same animation capabilities as the standard Amiga set. VGA is not 24bit, it's 8bit. > Its all up to CBM!!! I thought they should of add some of that stuff >to the CDTV, of course the price might be too high then..hmmm Oh well they >should do something. 3-rd party 24-bit cards just don't kick it! Its hard to >get them... Haveing them in the custom chips there would be more support!! >Cuz CBM is in charge of the Amiga's market, in away!! It's not hard to get third party boards, you just buy them. I see them advertised in most major Amiga magazines. We don't need new custom chips, we need device independence. I don't want to be limited by what C= makes, in the future I want to be able to plug in a third-party 1280x1024 24bit card with a RISC processor onboard and have it work perfectly. > I want buy the CDTV or CDROM drive until I see some good software >on it, that takes full advantage of the CD! Not some swift A500 port!! Oh >well later all! Well from the CDTV titles I have seen, the majority of them are "new" CDTV only titles. Except for the Psygnosis ports, you can choose from a wide variety of discs that support CD-Sound (high quality narration) and hundreds of megabytes of pictures. Check out the Time Table of history: Science and innovation, World Vista Atlas, Advanced military systems, American Illustrated Encyclopic Dictionary, and Airwave Adventure. If I had the $$$ I would buy a CDTV for these alone. The Atlas, Time Table, and Dictionary would be a great help for college. > A.t. -- / INET:rjc@gnu.ai.mit.edu * // The opinions expressed here do not \ | INET:r_cromwe@upr2.clu.net | \X/ in any way reflect the views of my self.| \ UUCP:uunet!tnc!m0023 * /