Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!husc6!uwvax!vanvleck!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!decwrl!labrea!polya!rokicki From: rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Ideas for New Custom Chips Message-ID: <3128@polya.Stanford.EDU> Date: 25 Jun 88 20:10:45 GMT Organization: Stanford University Lines: 24 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