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Re: AB3D II beats Quake....

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From: Gi
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 19:46
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Dr. Peter Kittel wrote in <peterk.0meu@combo.ganesha.com> on 03-Apr-96
22:51:19 :

>In my eyes the Amiga chipset in 1985 was a miracle. Miracles don't
>happen very often, and you cannot just give a command, and bang, they
>happen. *If* you can spend half a billion dollars like Sony, then it
>becomes a different story, of course. AT doesn't have so much money
>to spend.

We should be satisfied that Amiga's still exist, AT could perhaps lend a lot
of money to produce a new wonder chipset, but like the original Amiga company
they could then go bust and we never know who might buy the designs and steal
the ideas.

I'll be happy with fast 24-bit Graphics, decent sound whether it comes from
custom chips or off the shelf parts, so long as it's running Workbench.
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Subject: Re: AB3D II beats Quake....
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1996 19:46:38 GMT
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