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From: kdd@well.UUCP (Keith David Doyle)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Future Amigas (Ranger rumor) Suggestions to C-A
Message-ID: <2011@well.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 7-Nov-86 17:25:12 EST
Article-I.D.: well.2011
Posted: Fri Nov  7 17:25:12 1986
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In article <8611062128.AA11889@cory.Berkeley.EDU> dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon) writes:
>	The current Amiga is hot.  If you intend to create 'new' Amiga's
>with 'better this' and 'better that', DON'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES!  It had
>better be a *lot* better.  Don't go half-way.
>
>	I would strongly advise that any 'new' Amiga have AT LEAST 1024x1024
>resolution (obviously you need a custom screen here).  Also, I suggest you
>increase the # bit planes allowed without contention to 8.

We already disagree here.  I would advise against designing out one of the
biggest Amiga markets, VIDEO!.  I'd rather see a new Amiga that went to
12 (or 24 or whatever ) bit planes at 640x400 NTSC  (yes, interlaced) than
to require an expensive 1kx1k monitor while eliminating features like Genlock,
etc.  I'd like to see built in floating point hardware, 32 bit bus, etc. but
I'd much prefer 640x400x24 to 1kx1k or 2kx2k or 4kx4k or whatever you can
dream up.  I want more colors with anti-aliasing hardware!  NOT more pixels.
But that's *my opinion*.

Keith Doyle
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