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From: xgr39@CCVAX.IASTATE.EDU (Marc Barrett)
Subject: Re: Wake Up Commodore!
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In article <Mar.19.21.42.42.1991.16538@remus.rutgers.edu>, lcs@remus.rutgers.edu (Lyle C. Seplowitz) writes:
>>What else, well better graphics displays would be nice. I'm not
>talking about those 24-bit boards out now, I'm talking a change in the
>graphics chips. Why can't the Amiga have 24-bit color standard? What
>about 8-bitplanes of color? The low-end machine might not have all the
>graphic capabilites as the A3000, but users should be able to expand
>easily.

   This has been hashed and bashed before, by me in particular if by nobody
else.  The problem is that the custom chips are already at their limits,
and no big improvements are possible unless the custom chips are totally
redesigned.

  Unfortunately, Commodore isn't exactly in a hurry to redesign the 
custom chips.  Commodore has not been investing enough in research and
development for the past five years, and recently slashed what little
they were investing.  Thus, I would not expect any improvements at all
in the Amiga's color, graphics, sound, or floppy I/O capabilities for
at least three years, minimum.  No 24-bit color, no 8-bitplanes, no
improvements.  

   I don't like it any more than anybody else, but this is the harsh and
bitter truth.  When a company like Commodore invests nothing in their
future, the future cannot be expected to be bright.  Commodore has not
been investing in their own future, and the future isn't bright for 
either themselves or the Amiga.  

>
>I hope this isn't too hopelessly jumbled. You should be able to get my
>point. I like Commodore and I like the Amiga, but Commodore needs to
>wake up and see what's going on in the computer world or they'll be
>left behind. Come on Commodore what are you doing?
>-- 

                                     -MB-

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