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From: wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne C Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Temp giving up on NewTek
Message-ID: <5576@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 9 Feb 90 22:04:16 GMT
References: <1990Feb6.083351.10708@world.std.com> <90038.222150R38@PSUVM.BITNET> <7108@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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In article <7108@sdcc6.ucsd.edu>, ln63wkp@sdcc4.ucsd.edu (Viet Ho) writes:
> In article <90038.222150R38@PSUVM.BITNET> R38@psuvm.psu.edu (Marc Rifkin) writes:
> >The frame buffer is excellent, it only lack every so slightly in video
> >output quality.
> >Before you plunk down yer bucks, look for the V-Machine by Digital
> >Creations!
> >
>   Yes, the V-Machine I hear will kick *ss.  It's suppose let you
> paint in 16 million colors and do realtime animations for starters.
> RGB-quality output (not RS170A composite).  Any real info on
> availibility/price/features????
>                                             -Viet

Well I wouldn't put the money down yet.  In a around about way I've been
hearing that Digital Creations is letting the V-machine fade away like
vapor.  Maybe that is what the name means VAPOR-machine?  

So maybe it will come, has anyone asked Digital Creations for a shipping
date?  At least if is comes out with RGB output that will make it a LOT 
better than the Memetics or Impluse poor video output frame buffers. It
is a lot easier to get good video with a good RGB to video encoder than
it is to get good video from a poor video signal.   

                                               Wayne Knapp