donw@zinfandel.zehntel.com (Don White) (04/27/88)
In article <8018@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> flaig@cit-clsi.Caltech.Edu (Charles M. Flaig ) writes: >In article <3467@gryphon.CTS.COM> richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) writes: >>In article <549@zehntel.UUCP> donw@beaujolais (Don White) writes: >>> >>> Wouldn't it be nice if ALL the current Amy NTSC graphics modes were kept >>> as a SUBSET of the overall graphics capability? That way, it would still >>> be THE desktop video machine, AND it could service those Hi Res-ophiles! >>> (1000x800 grin, or 2000x2000 grin grin, or 1Meg x 1Meg grin of wooly >>> mammoth proportions) >> >>The problem is, sport, that monitors in this range cost more than >>a used porsche. > >You know, I never could understand why people want such high resolution color >monitors. The *ONLY* valid application I can see for them is CAD, and very >few people need to do this at home. And I think workstations should have I'm sorry for the lack of obvious smileys. I guess no one got it! Doesn't the 2000 have a VIDEO SLOT? Wasn't the purpose of this slot to make the super exceptional (and yes, Richard, EXPENSIVE) hi-res graphics OPTIONAL?!?!?! When (and if) it came out, you could get a reletively inexpensive monitor and just do NTSC, OR you get get a plug-in and a more costly monitor and blaze. I guess the bottom line here is.. Do we need an Amy 3000? I don't think we've scratched the surface of the 2000. Every feature I have heard of for the 3000 COULD BE an expansion for the 2000! It feels to me like commodore is running from one peice of new hardware to another like a kid in a candy store. How can the hardware mature in that kind of environment? P.S. Richard, you seem awful familiar. Do I remember you from somewhere? (Besides here of course.)
richard@gryphon.CTS.COM (Richard Sexton) (04/28/88)
In article <565@zehntel.UUCP> donw@zinfandel.zehntel.com (Don White) writes: > I'm sorry for the lack of obvious smileys. I guess no one got it! > > Doesn't the 2000 have a VIDEO SLOT? Wasn't the purpose of this slot to > make the super exceptional (and yes, Richard, EXPENSIVE) hi-res graphics > OPTIONAL?!?!?! When (and if) it came out, you could get a reletively > inexpensive monitor and just do NTSC, OR you get get a plug-in and a more > costly monitor and blaze. > > I guess the bottom line here is.. Do we need an Amy 3000? I don't think > we've scratched the surface of the 2000. Every feature I have heard of for > the 3000 COULD BE an expansion for the 2000! 25 Mhz 68030. Hard/floppy controller on motherboard. LOTS more colors, yeah, I'd say we need a 3000. I sure do. > P.S. Richard, you seem awful familiar. Do I remember you from somewhere? > (Besides here of course.) I dunno. You got a sister ? -- Just a flaming nincompetent poop kinda guy richard@gryphon.CTS.COM rutgers!marque!gryphon!richard