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From: mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Idea for a graphics board
Keywords: 24 bit
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Date: 17 Jun 91 18:43:19 GMT
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entity@cccan.uucp (Cybernetworx) writes:
>>nygardm@nntp-server.caltech.edu (Michael T. Nygard) writes:
>>i860 processor for anti-aliasing lines, fast 3d polygon renders, Phong
>>[] Anybody know of such a beast, or anything similar.
>
>Hmm, am I the only person to have heard of the Innosphere graphics board
>for the amiga?  If I recall properly, sometime about a year ago, a fellow
>posted up a message describing just such a board that he had been designing.

The project is defunct. The developer could not get the financial backing
to proceed with the product. I spoke with him a few weeks ago and he mentioned
that the whole thing had been handed off to the University of Lowell for
further tinkering with some involvement from Commodore. He didn't seem too
confident that anything would come of it soon. I find this most unfortunate
since an i860 based board is what I most need right now. The i860 is by far
the most bang for the buck out there and I am deeply disappointed that no
one has managed to bring one to the Amiga market, especially now with the low
cost 25MHz version ($175 quantity 1000). I design i860 based graphics systems
at my day job which pretty much prevents me from doing one for the Amiga,
but if anyone else is working on such a project, I would be more than happy
to quietly lend a hand on the development effort.
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