From: danaf@vccnw07.its.rpi.edu (Frank R. Dana Jr.)
Subject: Re: Complete A4000/A600/A570 Press Release
Keywords: AA, Display Modes
Reply-To: danaf@rpi.edu
Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 22:38:23 GMT

|> Anyway, anyone out there capable of telling me what the overscanned resolution
|> of the 800X600 mode is? I have a feeling that it probably should end up quite
|> near to the 1024X768 (quite often interlaced) resolutions that is offer on 
|> IBM compatibles.

I hope so... but I'm still upset that it's gonna be "quite near" and not "far
superior".

|> Well I run PPage and PDraw (both 3.0) together quite often without any big 
|> problems with chip mem.
|> My problem though is that my 32bit Mem is eaten up quit fast and thereby 
|> redusing system performance to a crawl.

Yes, well, I have 7 megs of RAM on my system, and I don't have any big FAST 
problems, just CHIP. 

|> I really think you should consider your startup-sequence. Personally I loose
|> more than 1 meg of 32 bit mem to different programs started at boot time 
|> (including rom-shadowing) but I've never had any serious problems with chip mem
|> as long as I didn't do anything absolutely wild myselves.
|> 
|> >
|> >I heard a rumor a while ago that the AA/AGA chipset would have motherboard space
|> >for 4 megs of chip. My dealer and I agreed that it was not really ENOUGH space,
|> >and that there should be addresses and chip slots for a nice,round 16 megs.
|> >But **TWO MEGS**!?!?!?!?!? And with 256 colors onscreen at some new, 
|> >fair-to-middlin' resolutions!?!?!?!?!? SH*T! I hate Commodore. 
|> >
|> 
|> Hmmm.... well lets see... first of all I just GOT to have this 256 color 
|> SuperHires Interlaced picture as a Backdrop, then of course I must also have
|> a different 256 color backdrop in each of my windows so I can better see the
|> difference between them.....
|> 
|> Then of course, what is a multitasking machine if you can't have PPage, PDraw
|> ADPro, DPaint 4.1 and cad program working at one time on different Hires
|> interlaced superham custom screens, oh yeah, and then I got this wonderful new 
|> superham animation the other day, I think I will take a look at it while 
|> my Amiga is doing some tracing and printing that document from PPage
|> wiht all the different fonts in.... 
|> Oh shit..... No chip mem left??????
|> No it can't be......ONLY 2 MEG!!!! WHADDAYAMEAN ABOUT THAT, ONLY 2MEG OF CHIP!!!!
|> HOLY MOSES!!!!! WHAT A PIECE OF CRAP THIS NEW AMIGA IS!!!!!!
|> 
|> Well, well I suppose someone just never get satisified.

Very funny. Well, what **IS** a multitasking machine if you can't at least run
ProPage, the Article Editor, ProDraw, and ADPro together? They're **BUILT**
(courtesy of PPage 3.0...) to run together! The only stumbling block is a severe
shortage of CHIP RAM!

I consider myself a "power user". I **LIKE** to run more than one thing at once,
that's why I bought an Amiga. I LIKE to view animations while my Comm program is
dialling, play MOD files while Imagine in rendering, scan through my pictures
directory while WordPerfect is spell checking, and touch up the artwork on a 
flyer while ProPage is printing the draft copy. Now, on the HIGH-END Amiga,
**BUILT** for the "power users" who are willing to spend $3000 on a computer
that can do all this, WHY should it be **IMPOSSIBLE**? I'm not saying that the
A4000 has to come with 16 megs of CHIP RAM... but how difficult would it be
to add the sockets and address space for that much? Give users the ((OPTION))
of adding all the CHIP RAM they want (within reason...)! Otherwise, we get into
nasty situations like the MegaChip 2000, a warranty-killing (and how!) hardware
hack that is going to become an absolute necessity for me very soon.

Yes, i *LIKE* my 640x400 flickerfixed workbench with the white-blue gradient fill
in the workbench backdrop (courtesy of ADPro and NickPrefs...). But I DON'T
like the fact that I have to kick it into HiRes-4color mode before I can run
the rest of the software I need! In fact, I'm very upset about it. 

I haven't upgraded my A2000 for a while now. When rumors of the new machines
started, with stories of gross incompatibility and amazing new features, I 
decided to wait. I figured, in four years when I get out of college, the user
base for the new machines will be large enough that I can just buy one of those,
and keep the old A2000 for the old software. 

Now? Screw it... think I'll order a MegaChip and wait for the A5000. (AGAIN)...



I still haven't lost hope, tho. See my next message for a VERY favorable look
at Workbench/Kickstart beta version 39.97. I LIKED it... a LOT!


P.S> I FOUND OUT HOW TO LINE DELETE!!! WHEEE! It's not exactly block-delete, but 
     it's better than 80 backspaces per line!


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