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From: Chad_The-Walrus_Netzer@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mac ][ bashing
Message-ID: <7947@cup.portal.com>
Date: 6 Aug 88 23:44:09 GMT
References: <590@super.ORG> <5125@gryphon.CTS.COM> <3093@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM
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In a previous article <Wayne Knapp> writes: (Eh Hem....)
)In article <5152@gryphon.CTS.COM>, richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes:
): In article <3093@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp) writes:
): >I wrote:
): >> The Mac ][ still can't animate worth a pint of sour owl shit.
): >> 
): >Why?
): 
): No blitter.
): 
)
)I see you are talking about the game style 2D animation and not the super
)neat 3D animation.  

	Well, the Mac II will have SERIOUS limitations on how much animation
it can do in 3-d style, also (A La, Videoscape) because of its horribly
overworked, **multiplexed**, brain damaged, poorly thought out, NuBus (Apple's
version of it, at least).  The fact is, the Mac II has some neat capabilties
for high res color because it has "High res color" with a large pallette...
BUT all that high res color represents a LOT of data and information, and even
the 68020 is not up to that kind of job when it has to operate on such a
cr*ppy bus (Again, not NuBus itself, but Apple's multiplexed version)... So
while you can get very nice high res STATIC pictures on a Mac (with a good
monitor, you will be hard pressed to see fast, full screen (read overscan,
which I don't think the Mac II even supports, but don't know fer sure),
animations.  The Amiga is still tops in this area, ESPECIALLY when you put a
68020 on an Amiga, etc.  Any flames can be sent to Apple :-)...
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			Chad 'The_Walrus' Netzer -> AmigaManiac++
"1.3 will let me boot from 'any' device, huh... Does that mean I can boot from
NIL:?"

'Mac' is a registered trademark of Apple computer corp. and, as such, is
copyright (C) Apple...  (C)Apple... (Cr)Apple... Crapple!!!!

'PP Ale' is an anagram of 'Apple'... think about it.