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In article <1992Apr12.035314.28690@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Nishith A. Patel) writes:
>About the MPC requirements, I forgot about 386SX. And the other stuff, 
>like RAM, will not be much different than ordinary computers, in other words,
>many computers will already meet the other little requirements (including
>the 386SX requirement). I did not mention exactly what "audio card" was
>either. Anyway, it looks like many things can qualify, and for things like
>sound, is there some kind of standard that an "MPC-compliant" app will use?
>Also, like CDTV and CD-I, it does not have any provisions for motion
> video, something I and many consider important. (CDTV has a very limited
> format just quarter screen 10 fps using it's 4096 colors.)

Why do you insist on spreading your misinformation everywhere?  Have you ever
seen a CDTV?  The "format" you refer to is CDXL and it is 1/3 screen at 12 fps.
As to the number of colors, it supports 4096 using standard hardware and up
to 2-4M colors (NTSC) using the DCTV add on.

CDTV and CDI do much more with ~8MHz 68000s than an MPC with 386sx and all
of the "multimedia" add-ons like VGA, SoundBlaster, and CDROM.

> MPC should include some kind of provision for DVI, and the price for
> DVI should come down. This is the best way to go for multimedia of the
> future.

Ha!  Just like the 486 is the best way to go for architectures of the future.
Are you getting paid by Intel to spread propaganda across the net?

> Nish Patel   nap42487@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
>

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