Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cbmvax!daveb From: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Ideas for New Custom Chips Message-ID: <4122@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 27 Jun 88 15:37:34 GMT References: <3128@polya.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: daveb@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Berezowski) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 41 In article <3128@polya.Stanford.EDU> rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) writes: >In order for the Amiga to compete in the current marketplace, the >machine should have at *least* the following features: > > * 4096 color registers, 16 million colors > * 2048x2048 resolution, non-interlaced, on a standard TV > * 12 blitters, one for each of 12 planes > * 88000 CPU, w/ 68020 emulation as fast as the 68020 > * Matrix and clipping hardware built in > * 44Khz sampling rate, 16-bit DAC's on four channels > * Each channel with AM, FM synthesis and enveloping > * 16M memory standard, expandable to 4G > * Built-in ST506, SCSI, EDSI, fast HPIB interfaces > * At least four serial ports, capable of 2Mbaud > * Built-in Ethernet port > * A price under $1000 > >Without these features, the machine simply cannot be taken >seriously as a home computer; they are absolutely essential to >emulate a vt100 properly, let alone run video games. >-- > /-- Tomas Rokicki /// Box 2081 Stanford, CA 94309 > / o Radical Eye Software /// (TAMU EE '85) (415) 326-5312 >\ / | . . . or I \\\///Join CCFFAALW---Concerned Citzens > V | won't get dressed \XX/Fighting For An Acronym-Less World Tom, I'm going to have to assume that you are joking. If you compare the features of the current A2000 with your dream machine and then consider that the A2000 lists for $2000 you'd realize that you couldn't even begin to build your ultimate Amiga any where near a suggested list of $1000; cost maybe. BTW, I like your machine BUT I'd changed two things. First I'd ship it with a fully formatted/auto booting hard disk drive and second I'd design it around the 68030. Regards, David Berezowski Disclaimer: Although I work for CBM-Amiga, these are my own views and not those of my employer.