Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!unisoft!hoptoad!xanth!kent From: kent@xanth.cs.odu.edu (Kent Paul Dolan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Ideas for New Custom Chips Summary: While we're overcompensating ... ;-) Keywords: Forgot one! Fish & Chips. Message-ID: <5694@xanth.cs.odu.edu> Date: 29 Jun 88 19:54:03 GMT References: <3128@polya.Stanford.EDU> <1566@eneevax.UUCP> Reply-To: kent@cs.odu.edu (Kent Paul Dolan) Distribution: na Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va. Lines: 57 In article <1566@eneevax.UUCP> smaug@eneevax.umd.edu.UUCP (Kurt J. Lidl) writes: >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 > >Gasp! You forgot the MOST IMPORTANT one! A machine just CANNOT >be taken seriously without a 4 (or more) button mouse. Just >what kind of cruel hoax were you pulling anyhow? > >: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. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ if that's not a smiley face (as I sit here using vt100 release 2.4 in perfect happiness at being 4 or 5 releases behind; this one has never shown _me_ any bugs or missing features) then I don't know what one is. >:-- >: /-- Tomas Rokicki /// Box 2081 Stanford, CA 94309 > >-- >================================================================== >== Kurt J. Lidl (smaug@eneevax.umd.edu) (301)454-6849 == >== UUCP: [seismo,allegra]!umcp-cs!eneevax!smaug == >========"It's after 3am, no point in going to sleep now..."======= For just a couple of extra wires, surely not more than 5 cents each in the retail price, you could just as well go right to the hex keypad built into the mouse, and really meet the crucial needs of the home user. Hmmm. While I'm on the subject, it's really inconvenient having to unplug the mouse all the time to put in that second joystick. How about five mouseports, so my friends can play M.U.L.E. in one window while I mouse around editing the Great American Slug Cookbook in another; a real showcase for multitasking; should sell millions more Amigas that way! What do you say, Commodore Marketing? I'll even put a plug for the Amiga 6666 in my book, if you just give me a way to get these twits occupied so they don't bother me while I'm creating recipes. Kent, the man from xanth. (Above article may be liberally sprinkled with industrial strength smileys as appropriate.)