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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Faith in the Amiga
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Date: 3 Feb 90 07:36:07 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM

 
I'm sorry if this sounds as if I'm "flaming", but why feel as though you're
stuck with the BASE graphics capabilities???  Why not purchase a FrameBuffer?
At roughly $750 (with Frame Capture), it's alot cheaper than even the
Targa16...then you can have a pallette of 16.7M to work with.  Or purchase
ImageLink from Active Circuits and use a Targa/Vista board for even superior
images.  I realise that this is an expensive way to go, considering you have
to purchase a BridgeBoard...but there is a trade off...software.  There isn't
anything for a clone with the power of Sculpt/Animate 4D or Turbo Silver 3.0,
that's in their price class.  
 
If you are a more conventional artist, and aren't interested in doing three
dimensional renderings, then you can disregard this message, and I
appologize...I too am frustrated with the lack of an "artistically" functional
true-color solution for the Amiga.  I'm hoping that the Video-Toaster, or the
V-Machine will fill this gap...or maybe even some software written for one of
the graphics transputers.  It makes me upset that, yeah, the Amiga beats a
clone with VGA, or a Mac ][ in their base configurations...but if someone IS
willing to spend the money for better resolution/color, they almost CAN'T on
an Amiga at this point...unless they wish to write their own software...
 
Sean Cunningham