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From: metahawk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Wayne G Rigby)
Subject: Re: Mac can emulate amiga&has over 1,000,000 colors
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Date: 29 Mar 91 04:26:08 GMT
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In article <49174@nigel.ee.udel.edu> "PETER C. FREY" <PFREY%drew.bitnet@pucc.princeton.edu> writes:
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>A mac consultant (also ardent about his 'computer'), who didn't know
>the expression 'BTW' or what a video toaster was, stated that his mac,
>which cost him $2000, was better than my A2000, which I got used (only
>1 year old) for $850 and monitor for $100 (both are in excellent condition
>and with many add-ons).  I was able to prove him wrong in that comparison.
>
>HOWEVER,
>   This ignorant fellow, ruffled as he was, insisted many times that a
>certain, top of the line, newly released mac had over 1,000,000 colors,
>cd sound, and several other unbelievable things.  He said that mac can
>emulate amiga software these days.

The present rumors in the Mac world these days is that the next new Mac
coming out will be a tower 68040 machine.  The top of the line right now
is the Mac IIfx, which comes with no display card.  You can buy a 
1 bit card for use with a 12 inch monochrome monitor, or an 8 bit
card for 256 out of 16 million colors max, or a 24 bit card for up to
16 million colors out of 16 millions colors on screen.  The 1 bit card costs
$135 (ed. pricing), 8 bit - $425, and 24 bit - $595.  A graphics coprocessor
can also be bought with a graphics coproccessor (for an extra $725) and
has room for RAM for enhanced graphics use (can someone say chip RAM, does
anyone think this sounds familiar?).  So the top of the line Mac can
have > 1,000,00 colors if you wnat to pay for it.

As to emulating an Amiga, possible, but not probable.  A legal Amiga emulator
would need a hardware board in which all the custom chips could be placed.
This would probably run slower than a normal Amiga.  A software Amiga 
emulator would be extremely slow, even on an fx.  Look at the C64 
emulators and how slow they run with only a few custom chips being
emulated.  I'm sure Commodore would also raise a legal eyebrow at such
a device.  I also browse through my roomate's MacWorld's and don't
remember seeing such a device mentioned.  

>
>I discussed this with other Amiga users on relay, and they doubted the
>possibility of the above right off.  If such was possible, they state,
>you'd have to mortgage your house to do so.
>
>Even if the mac does it with a truckful of money, they CAN do it.  At least,
>this what that consultant said.  He said that he received this information
>from the macworld (or whatever its name is) and hands-on.
>
>                        My universe will crumble if the above is true.
>        Tell me it's not so!!!
>
>                                                - Peter C. Frey
>                                                  PFREY@DREW.BITNET
>
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                                      Metahawk
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