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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: Amiga OS *IS* state of the art
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 1991 00:33:42 GMT

In article <dhansen.1979@amiganet.chi.il.us> dhansen@amiganet.chi.il.us (Dave Hansen) writes:
>
>Well, if you carry that statement over to the A3000UX, it is no longer true. 
>What will continue to hurt A3000UX sales is the lack of 1280x1024, 24-bit
>color.  SUN, Apollo, Silicon Graphics, and IBM all have it in their Unix
>systems.  To ship a 640x440 monochrome only A3000UX system does not help
>Commodore's presence in the commercial arena.  And I wouldn't expect that
>Commodore is banking on the home users to flock to the Unix systems due to the
>increased cost.  The trailing edge of video graphics is not going to work.
>
>voice: (708)691-4747             Internet:dhansen@amiganet.chi.il.us

	That may be the current status of UX, yes. It is
currently of use mainly to CS majors and schools, who don't NEED
the color but can make use of emacs and cc, etc.
	As you know, color X in the form of current Amiga
resolutions is coming. But, 1280x1024 24 bit true? How many of
those machines actually sell? The standard Color Sun is 8 bit,
just like the A2410. Once the UofL board is shipping, the Amiga
will have the same thing.
	Besides, all that has to happen is for Impulse to make
their FireCracker board work under Unix...

	-- Ethan

Q: How many Comp Sci majors does it take to change a lightbulb
A: None. It's a hardware problem.
