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From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga bashing
Message-ID: <9106281446.05@rmkhome.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jun 91 23:45:00 GMT
References: <1991Jun11.204407.16603@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> <1991Jun20.200326.16487@bmerh409.bnr.ca> <1991Jun21.002542.19989@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <1991Jun25.070242.27943@att!mwood!attcc!area88>
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats
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In article <1991Jun25.070242.27943@att!mwood!attcc!area88> erick@att!mwood!attcc!area88 (Erick Tadefa) writes:
>Yes, there are 1024 x 768 noninterlace VGA cards that cost $100.  That's how much I paid for mine and its surprisingly quick, considering its running only on a 286 system.  Perhaps if CBM would make a "VGAish" Zorro card and some sort of software interfa
cing then the critics of the amigas graphics would be silenced.  It doesn't have to have a super graphics coprocessor ($$$$$$ for that) either.  Everything else on the Amiga is great except for its dated graphics abilities. 
>I used to own an Amiga, and wouldn't mind getting another one as long as I don't have to spend $700 just for a video card.  The SVGA monitor by itself nearly broke my wallet...

I am not impressed with $300 VGA cards, I can't imagine what a $100 VGA card
would be like.

By the way, you ought to do a carriage return every 70 or 80 characters.

Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	frog!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP