Re: NeXTStep 486 should cost $250

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From: Yeo-Hoon BAE
Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1992 00:48

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In article <d2CK02nN0faJ01@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com writes:
>
>Because what they consider cheerful color is cheerfully slow.  VGA and
>SVGA are mapped into 256k of RAM and bank switched not directly accessed,
>this hardly a configuration for a  16 bit screen with 1 million pixels.
>To do decent color you need some sort of memory mapped
>graphics system, ie a frame buffer.  The Dell - JAWS system and the
>Compaq - Custom SVGA card are both memory mapped.
>

  What about ATI Mach8 or S3 co-processors? Are they any better suited for
  the purpose of handling NeXT screens?
  What about TI 34010/020?
  What is this JAWS? What processor does it use?

>/*  -The opinions expressed are my own, not my employers.    */
>/*      For I can only express my own opinions.              */
>/*                                                           */
>/*   Kent L. Shephard  : email - kls30@DUTS.ccc.amdahl.com   */

-TG


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