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From: barrett@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Dan Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ?
Message-ID: <8715@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 15 Jun 91 14:30:14 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.103543.22097@news.iastate.edu> <1991Jun10.135715.23727@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1131@stewart.UUCP>
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In article <1131@stewart.UUCP> jerry@stewart.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
>The flicker fixer IS a total hack, not to mention the biggest ripoff in
>the history of computer hardware.  Just think: if you have an IBM you can
>get a VGA card that produces a 72Hz 1024x768 non-interlaced 256 color
>display (as well as a dozen other resolutions) for $175, and if you have
>an Amiga, it'll cost you $300 to "fix" your 640x400 screen.  What's wrong
>with this picture?

	The way you are looking at it!  Seriously.  You are correct that it
takes $300 (list price; $225 street price) to make the Amiga display look
like VGA.  HOWEVER, how much money does it take to make your VGA do what the
Amiga does --- generate NTSC video signals?  A lot more than $225, I'll bet!

	The Amiga's chipset was optimized for certain things, and therefore
makes sacrifices in other areas.

                                                        Dan

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