dennya@pnet02.cts.com (Denny Atkin) (05/04/89)
Here's a question for the programmer types here (a few programmer types frequent this newsgroup, don't they? :^). Why does the Janus software only emulate a CGA card? If I'm correct, the resolution of EGA is 640x350, with 16 out of 64 colors onscreen. This is well within the realm of reality on a standard Amiga. I know the EGA hardware is more complicated and emulation would be even slower than CGA, but I would imagine that that would be less of an issue on a 68020/30 based Amiga (if you can afford an AT Bridge, you can probably afford an A2620!). The Janus software could support both resolutions. So why no EGA on the Amiga? I know you can plug in an EGA card, but that would require a second monitor, and use up a valuable slot. CATS? Dan Schein? Anyone know? +-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------+ | Denny Atkin, Writer at Large //Amiga |"It's all the | | PeopleLink: DENNY \X/ 1000! | truth--except the | | UUCP:{ames!elroy, <backbone>}!gryphon!pnet02!dennya | bits that are lies."| | INET:dennya@pnet02.cts.com | -- Douglas Adams | +-----------------------------------------------------+---------------------+
cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (05/05/89)
In article <15434@gryphon.COM> (Denny Atkin) writes: >So why no EGA on the Amiga? I know you can plug in an EGA card, but that >would require a second monitor, and use up a valuable slot. CATS? Dan >Schein? Anyone know? EGA is a complicated, overly cryptic beast. Read a programming manual for it sometime. (Norton's Programmers Guide to the PC is a good start) At Sun we have a Virtual PC emulator that runs on the new Sparcstation 1 (Ever wonder what the Ideal Amiga would be ? Check out a Sparcstation GX)) Anyway, while it was being developed we said, "Gee, this thing has lots o MIPS and plenty of resolution, why don't we set it up to emulate EGA?" and went through the whole exercise. Not fun at all I can assure you. --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "A most excellent barbarian ... Genghis Kahn!"