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From: peter@sugar.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Next Amiga system
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Date: 2 Oct 88 22:25:10 GMT
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#1 on the list of things for the next Amiga system, for more speed.

Zorro-3, a 32-bit bus that's Zorro compatible. A daughter-slot like the AT
or the new 32-bit AT busses would do.

#2 on the list, for more speed.

A higher bus clock rate, decoupled as much as possible from the chip rate.
CHIP memory can be wait-stated as is currently done, but bus access (32-
or 16- bit) should run as fast as the fastest thing on it.

#3 on the list, better graphics.

More bit planes would be nice, but more and wider color registers would
be better. You should be able to go to 320x400x64/256K colors without
widening the CHIP bandwidth (6 bit planes with 64 regs & 6-bit DACs).
I think the software could all deal with this.

If you could widen the CHIP bandwidth to allow 640x400x8 bit planes
that'd be great. I think that anything wider than this would start making
too many problems for the software. Either 8-bit DACs or 6+2 HAM. Can people
really distinguish more than 6-bit DACs can provide? I don't believe they
can handle more than 6-bit greyscale (based on an old Ciarcia article).
-- 
		Peter da Silva  `-_-'  peter@sugar.uu.net
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