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From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Reactions to IBM PC2 graphics
Message-ID: <541@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 7-Apr-87 08:34:22 EST
Article-I.D.: neoucom.541
Posted: Tue Apr  7 08:34:22 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 10-Apr-87 03:06:48 EST
References: <10726@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> <1964@hoptoad.uucp>
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Lines: 28
Keywords: VGA Killer graphics
Summary: VGA not all that great


The Video Gate Array (VGA) lives on the motherboard of the PC/II,
and emulates MDA, CGA, EGA, and sort of PGA video modes.  It also
has several indigenous video modes.  IBM switched to a peculiar
connector for the new monitors to ensure incompatibility with older
non-IBM monitors.

The 256 color mode is a bit of a joke in that it only gets you
320x200 pixels (or PELs as IBM likes to call pixels).  Also, there
taint no copper or blitter a'la Amiga.  I think I'll stick with the
Amiga HAM mode et. al.  Hey IBM, by the way, where is that
multitasking O/S?  Hey Microsoft, how soon are you going to get
Windows 2.0 out-- you know the version that lets you stack windows
(like Intuition, Mac and GEM) rather than that dumb tiling?

The model 30 PC/II, the low end machine really doesn't look like
terribly serious competetion to the clone market in that the model
30 doesn't offer anything terribly new.  It finally has video that
rivals a Hercules card.  In terms of the processor the
AT&T/Olivetti machine that came out three years ago already had the
idea of a machine with an 8 MHz 8086, multimode video, printer port
and serial port and hi-res graphics.  It even has a small
footprint.

OK guys, lets that Ami 2000 off the boat and on the shelves.  And
this time, lets see a real ad campaign.

  --Bill  (wtm@neoucom.UUCP)