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From: hadeishi@husc7.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Reactions to IBM PC2 graphics
Message-ID: <1583@husc6.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 5-Apr-87 13:02:35 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr  5 13:02:35 1987
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Reply-To: hadeishi@husc7.UUCP (Mitsuharu Hadeishi)
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Organization: Harvard Univ. Science Center
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Keywords: VGA Killer graphics
Summary: Weird thought on Amiga 2000 and OS/2


	Something kinda strange I just realized.  Microsoft's new OS/2
is designed to be compatible with ALL 80286/386 based PC systems.  IBM
has also announced a video adapter upgrade for older XT/AT system owners
to allow an upgrade to the VGA.  This means that Amiga 2000 owners can
stick a 286 card and a VGA card, and run OS/2 in 8 bit planes (OS/2 is a fully
multitasking 16Mbyte windowing operating system for the PC.)  Thus,
even if Amiga has been outdone in the video/OS wars, one can "bridge" the
gap so to speak in a stock A2000 with just two cards (and a hard disk,
of course, as well.)  If OS/2 is a real operating system, it should be
real fun to play with, especially in 8 bit planes, and especially with
a linear-addressed '286 (instead of a segmented 8086 emulator.)  OS/2
is apparently 500K of executable.  Of course, what I really hope is
that C-A will come out with an MMU-based '020 version of Intuition/Exec/DOS,
and even better a new video card to allow the A2000 to have workstation-quality
graphics, with at least 7 or 8 bit planes.  I'd be satisfied with just
the 4-bit DACs, but if they can do better (beat IBM! beat IBM!)  all the
better.  Ah, competition.

				-Mitsu