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From: taab5@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
Subject: Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ?
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References: <1991Jun3.202114.4029@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> <1991Jun3.225024.13052@marlin.jcu.edu.au> <1991Jun4.210724.1246@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu>,<1991Jun7.091455.10355@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl>
Date: Sat, 8 Jun 1991 08:58:39 GMT
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In article <1991Jun7.091455.10355@rulway.LeidenUniv.nl>, breemen@rulcvx.LeidenUniv.nl (E. van Breemen) writes:
>In article <1991Jun4.210724.1246@newserve.cc.binghamton.edu> consp03@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu (Kriston J. Rehberg) writes:
>>In article <1991Jun3.225024.13052@marlin.jcu.edu.au>,
>>cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) writes:
>>
>>Look in Amigaworld for any of the 24-bit cards, VGA boards
>>("flicker-fixers"), and other stuff.  I see plenty.
>>
>
>How compatible are those boards? Can I transfer all my display to such
>cards or am I limited to one program (like Caligari?) For example I
>would like to run the WB on such a card. I don't think that will be
>possible under 1.3. But under 2.0???

   Unfortunately, you will have to wait a while (probably a very LONG while)
for that.  This is NOT supported in AmigaDOS 2.0, and will not be supported
on the Amiga for several years.  

   Right now, you don't have any choices at all as to what kind of display
you use for your Workbench.  You either put up with the idiosyncracies of
the Amiga's inadequate chipset, or get another system.  It's as simple as
that.

>
>>Kris
>
>
>Erwin
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