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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ?
Message-ID: <1388@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jun 91 08:03:55 GMT
References: <1991Jun10.103543.22097@news.iastate.edu> <1991Jun10.135715.23727@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1131@stewart.UUCP> <1991Jun15.032812.15122@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1137@stewart.UUCP>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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In article <1137@stewart.UUCP> jerry@stewart.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
>
>Actually, to be fair, I think we're not comparing equivalent things.  The
>Amiga chipset was obviously designed for fast animation and is inadequate
>for a GUI.  High-color SuperVGA is great for a GUI, but inadequate for
>real-time animation.

Huh? Why do you need High-Color SuperVGA for a GUI??? The Mac has a
reputation for a good GUI, and it is IN B&W originally!! So the Amiga
version with 4 colors is plain adequate. And yes, I mean good animation
capabilities are good for a GUI when it comes to moving objects on the
screen: what is this different from animation? So again, the Amiga
approach appears really "adequate".

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