Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 Fluke 8/7/84; site fluke.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!microsoft!fluke!kurt From: kurt@fluke.UUCP (Kurt Guntheroth) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Re: Amiga query (drool) Message-ID: <105@vax2.fluke.UUCP> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 12:17:35 EST Article-I.D.: vax2.105 Posted: Mon Dec 3 12:17:35 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 4-Dec-84 23:49:50 EST References: <3600003@uokvax.UUCP> Organization: John Fluke Mfg. Co., Everett, WA Lines: 30 The interesting things about the Amiga I have heard in the press are: 68000 based. designed for under $1000 market bunch of memory (128K?) built-in disk drive 640x200 graphics mode, 80 column text mode 4096 colors (perhaps in only some modes) MOST IMPORTANT: A special video circuit which attempts to compensate for bandwidth limitations of TV's. It distorts the signal in a way inverse to the distortion in TVs with the result that images look sharp on a TV. The goal is to produce readable 80 columns on a conventional color TV. (Naturally there are limitations to this but even if it is only better than what you get now it would be really exciting.) A company named Amiga had constructed a hardware prototype of this machine around a patent on the video hardware. They were peddling it to home computer makers including both Atari and Commodore. Traniel/Atari is currently sueing Commodore claiming Atari has prior rights to buy Amiga and the computer (perhaps code named Lorraine at Commodore). Sources: EE Times (various issues this summer) seems a reasonable source Compute! Commodore Gazette (various issues this fall) who knows I sure hope legal hassles don't prevent this product from reaching the market. -- Kurt Guntheroth John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. {uw-beaver,decvax!microsof,ucbvax!lbl-csam,allegra,ssc-vax}!fluke!kurt