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From: peter@dalcsug.UUCP (Peter Philip)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Amiga UNIX(R) *rumor* ...
Message-ID: <162@dalcsug.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 18-Oct-87 14:43:40 EDT
Article-I.D.: dalcsug.162
Posted: Sun Oct 18 14:43:40 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 19-Oct-87 00:16:00 EDT
References: <1801@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu> <520@esunix.UUCP>
Reply-To: peter@dalcsug.UUCP (Peter Philip)
Organization: Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S., Canada
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In article <520@esunix.UUCP> you write:
>in article <1801@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu>, page@ulowell.cs.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) says:
>> 
>> Want some wild speculation?  What does the Amiga need right now?
>> 
>> 	- Higher resolution (like 1024x800, being worked on by 3rd parties)
>
>Everyone _says_ they want workstation resolution, but how many people
>are really willing to pay $1500 - $3000 for a monitor that will support

I agree totally, home users do not need that kind of resolution, it would
be nice, but the present pixel resolution is fine, however we could ALL
use MORE COLORS which I hope would be offered by new graphics boards.  This
would improve graphics drastically without having to buy a new monitor.
(new software yes, but new monitor, no)

>it? Having 1024x800 would be great, but that kind of money for a monitor
>is out of the question for home use. Having a monitor that costs as much
>or more that the computer will be bit too much for most people to
>swallow.

BUT, this capability would open up a whole new market for the Amiga, just
think of an A2000 with a 16 MHz 68020/68881 a fast 80 Mb hard drive and
a 1K x 1K graphics board -- the applications are endless and the price
would be great!  Just one request to anyone working on such a board,
make it NTSC compatible!!  I would definitely buy the above configuration
if it was available, to use for graphics and video production, but if it
wasn't NTSC (or adaptable) I would be stickin' to my faithful A1000.

>Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland    540 Arapeen Drive, SLC, Utah 84108

Peter Philip