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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Reactions to IBM PC2 graphics
Message-ID: <1641@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 01:26:24 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1641
Posted: Tue Apr  7 01:26:24 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 10-Apr-87 00:32:16 EST
References: <10726@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: VGA Killer graphics

In article <10726@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> lachac@topaz.rutgers.edu (Gerard Lachac) writes:
>Has anyone seen the specs on the $1700 2 drive Model 30 PC2 graphics card?
>
>This thing whips the Amy vid chip.  The VGA ("something" graphics adapter)
>has 256 on screen colors from a palette of 22k.  All from an IBM that retails
>for less then $2000.  What gives?  I don't understand.  I know it can't
>be as good as it seems (after all its IBM :-)
>
>One good note:  It's 8086 based running at 8 Mgtz.  Old technology, typical
>		IBM.

I've been looking at too much of this IBM release stuff for my own good, but
as far as I can tell the PS/30 (unlike the others) has only the "MGGA"
adapter included in the price.  This has a 320x200x8 display mode.  The spec
sheet I have doesn't mention a pallete, but I seem to recall something else
said it did have one.

Still nothing to laugh at, except when you consider the poor little 8086
trying to bash all those bit planes...

The technology in the high-end products is much more impressive than this,
but like the MAC-II, they're priced for the Fortune 500/Workstation market,
not the personal computer market.  There's nothing to keep Commodore from
offering similar capabilities on an A2000 expansion card although it will
take plenty of work to provide applications level display transparency.
-- 
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