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From: page%swap@Sun.COM (Bob Page)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: High-res Graphics Board for Amy (1024x1024x256 colors)
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Date: 24 May 89 19:39:34 GMT
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sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks) wrote:
>Now, I would love to see this board come to market, but it is unlikely unless
>we can convince Commodore Marketing that the Amiga could make a very nice
>workstation with this board.

It's also unlikely unless somebody writes a retargetable graphics
library for the Amiga.  Until then you're on your own poking values
into registers.  Forget about programs that hack the copper list.

>Can you see a 68030 Amiga, with this board, about 8 megs of memory
>and Ethernet? It would blow away Macs, IBM, Apollo, Vaxen, and Sun's!

I doubt it, as that configuration is just about "workstation standard"
these days.  But for sure, it would cost a lot more and put CBM into a
turf they have not played in before (which, I again point out, they
have not indicated any desire to be in), where competition is arguably
tougher.

..bob