From: Wizard0@cup.portal.com (Asher Wizard Feldman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Is it silly to buy a
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 92 16:42:21 PDT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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>True. However, the Double-PAL offers 27000+ pixels less than the Hires/Lace/
>Overscan screen. What does the promotion features do about these missing
>pixels, if an application requests a full hires/lace/overscan screen?

Could you please tell me where on earth you got this crazy figure? 
Marc Barret or something? And would you like to go into a little more
detail? I am very skepticle.

>
>Also, for video work, you still cannot have a flickerfixed monitor at the same
>time while you output video. Btw, can anyone comment on Marc's statement that
>you'll still need an 15KHz monitor with promoted screens?! That would be a
>serious problem, IMHO, as most monitors doesn't sync down to those low
>frequencies.

Promoted screens are at 35Khz (or whatever that figure is :-)

>
>> Ah! But we're still comparing apples and oranges. Add an AGA card to your
>> A3000 and see how many programs will support that natively.
>
>I don't need AGA graphics. Gee, I stated this *very* clearly. If you need AGA
>graphics, you have to go with the A4000. But if you don't, well...
>
>> And lets not forget the IDE drive.
>
>Sorry, let us FORGET the IDE/AT drive, please!
>

Right on, everyone forget about the IDE drive. Nearly all ibm clones use
IDE, when they need a cdrom, which most users don't they add a scsi 
card. Why should I pay extra to be able to use a cdrom drive, when
I probobably will never buy one?

>Sorry, wrong. A3000/040 goes for about $2499 including Scala MultiMedia.
>Including a flickerfixer. Including a SCSI host adapter. Not including AGA
>graphics. Also, it permits you to buy the A3000 at $1499 first, then later add
>the '040 card, in case you just happen to not have $2499 lying around. With
>the A4000, as a comparsion, you have to invest the entire cost at once,
>however.

And how are you going to upgrade to AGA? Now lets just asume that a 3rd
party company comes out with an AGA upgrade for the 3000. Now how much
will this cost? $600? $1000? How much does it cost just to use 2megs of
chip ram on a 2000? Around $299. And that is nothing compared to
what it would take to use AGA. Also all the chipram would be replaced,
and alot of software wouldn't even recognize it.

>> Please... you're giving MB wet dreams....
>
>:)

HAHAHAHA!!!!!

>
>There's always pressure on a company when they announce there's something new
>and hot coming up. They have to learn to stay cool. But of course, I do
>realise that it was high time for a new Amiga model with improved graphics,
>and that C= were anxious to get the machine out ASAP. A pity the marketing
>guys got too much to say about the design.
>
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