From: Aric.Caley@ofa123.fidonet.org
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: HELP--AMIGA OR IBM P
X-Sender: newtout 0.06 Jan  3 1993
Date: 11 Jan 93  12:12:02

> Organization: University of Waterloo
> From: papresco@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod)
> Message-ID: <C0o5oF.Iv3@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
> Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
>
> >SVGA is equivalent in terms of resolution, but it lacks the flexibility
> >of AGA.  Here's a little comparison of my A4000 versus my ET4000 486-50
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

< Deleted irrelevant nonsense about what other SVGA cards can do>

Notice  that he was compareing a SPECIFIC SVGA card to the A4000.  Not SVGA
in general.  A single, specific card in a computer which he has access to.

> >bit-blitting                custom chip              CPU driven
>
> or custom chip.  This board I was looking at uses a 68008 CPU.  Is that
> a newer version of the chip that powers the A600?

Again,  not  on  his card.  And no, the 68008 is NOT a newer version of the
CPU in the A600.  The 68008 is a slower version that has an 8 bit bus.

> >line-drawing                custom chip              CPU driven
>
> Or coprocessed.  Same deal...it depends on the board you buy.  And this
> one was $250.00.

But he's talking about a specific card.

> >video-effects               custom chip              CPU driven (if
> possible)
>
> Once again, you have made a sweeping statement.

No, he hasnt.

> Bull.  I know exactly how the DX2 works.   And if you knew as much as
> you pretend to know about computers, you wouldn't think there is a scam
> involved here at all.  The Alpha can run faster then 100Mhz, and it
> will.  Do you think the MOTHERBOARD is going to run that fast?  Not
> unless it's liquid cooled...
>
> The next generation of CPUs will START at 66Mhz.  IT's not a scam, it's
> the future.  Running the CPU faster then the motherboard is inevitable.
> Why should Intel slow down their 66Mhz CPUs to go as slow as a 50Mhz
> bus?  I say, let the CPU go as fast as they can make it.  Sure the bus
> is a bottleneck for SOME (even most) applications.  A bottleneck does
> not mean that there is not a performance enhacement.  Some people put
> 386 chips in ISA slots to run their computer.  THAT's a bottleneck.
> But they still get a performance enhancement.

This  is  all  well and good, and true - however it doesn't change the fact
that  the  DX2's  are  misleading.   Most  people are going to see just the
*internal*  speed  of the CPU and think "Gosh, that 50Mhz DX2 must be twice
as  fast  as a 25Mhz DX" - which of course isnt true.  Faster, yes, but not
as much as people are led to believe.

> You withheld your vote by casting it for someone who will never amount
> to anything.  It's like voting for Ross Perot.

Thats  like  saying  "Well  I might as well not vote at all, because my one
vote will not make any difference", or "I might as well not vote for what I
really  want  because nobody else will, so I will vote for one of the other
two dorks who I think have a chance" (and a LOT of people did this).

If  more  people  "voted"  for  "the  little  guy",  they  COULD  amount to
something.   But,  people  are stupid; and the things they vote for seem to
reflect it.

 -Dances With Coyotes-EMAIL: dances@qed.cts.com-At the begining of the movie-
 --AKA Dances V2.0/Coyote/Critter/Magnet/Major--they know they  have to find-
 -Former Net-Lurker - A-M-I-G-A! NOT AMEOBA%#$!-each other.... but they ride-
 -World's slower programer and cursed with 1.3!-off in  opposite  directions-


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