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From: rjc@wookumz.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Subject: Re: Amiga bashing
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In article <1991Jun21.091520.18849@news.iastate.edu> taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>   You are obviously trying to get at me with sarcastic comments such as
>this, so I am going to do something that will really get you irritiated:
>I am going to agree with you.

   Arggggh! Noo!  Touche' Marc.

>   I do not like IBM systems.  I hate them with a passion, in fact.  This
>is why I always push MAC systems in my arguements.  I find the resolutions
>of VGA to be interesting (and useful as flame-fuel), but I find VGA 
>palettes to be too limited compared to the 24-bit palettes of MAC and
>CD-I systems.

   When I think of 1024x768x8 VGA, I think of the A2024. The A2024 has
an update rate of 15hz, however ,I'm willing to bet that moving a window
in Super-VGA mode is very expensive and the refresh will be quite slow.
If the Mac LC has problems updating in 8bit 640x480, surely the IBM will.

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