Amiga 3000UX Color X

[David Kessner]

In article <8834 at gollum.twg.com> david at twg.com (David S. Herron) writes:
>Price: He wouldn't give a firm one but said < $1500.  Now..
>The street price of similar boards for PCs and Macs is much
>less than that, ~ $500 if memory serves right.  The street
>price for 2410s had better be in that range ...

34010 boards for the PC do indeed go down to the $500-600 range.  However, 
only the decent boards (for PC's) are about $1000-- they support 1024x768x256
in non-interlaced modes with a 50-60mhz processor...

I havent the foggiest idea what the Mac market has in that line.


>Screen-Size: His demo was running at 1024x768 and he gave some
>lame excuse about it being "standard".  I know quite well
>that the card is capable of 1024x1024, but will C= actually
>support this mode?  I want a "work station" at home.. part of
>what this means is having a >1000x1000 size screen & I require
>being able to stack two 80 col by 66 line windows side by side.

1024x768 is a standard mode-- simply because it has a 1:1 aspect ratio.  Other
"standard" modes are 640x480, 800x600, and 1280x1024.  

I have never understood why the Amiga has all those really strange video modes
with weird aspect ratios that 1024x1024 and 1200x480 (or something like that).

The biggest problem with high resolutions like 1280x1024 (the next 'standard'
resolution above ">1000x1000") is that a non-interlaced monitor is EXPENSIVE.
With luck, you can find a NEC 4D for $800-900.  Sure it's a 16" monitor, but
I have yet to find a 1280x1024 monitor that's less-- if you know of one, please
tell me I need one.


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