Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!osu-cis!att!ihnp4!cord!nsw From: nsw@cord.UUCP (N Weinstock) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Ideas for New Custom Chips Summary: Would *you* let Mike Tyson punch you for $13.5 million? Keywords: Bat Super Molecular Dust Separator Message-ID: <587@cord.UUCP> Date: 28 Jun 88 13:26:45 GMT References: <3128@polya.Stanford.EDU> <2922@tekig5.TEK.COM> Reply-To: nsw@cord.UUCP (59455-N Weinstock) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Liberty Corner Lines: 37 In article <3128@polya.Stanford.EDU>, rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) wrote a wish list for a spectacular new Amiga to be "under $1000". Then, several people have commented that some of Tom's ideas are not feasible on a $1000 machine. To wit (or is that "whit"?): Tom's suggestion: >> * 2048x2048 resolution, non-interlaced, on a standard TV The reply: >This is simply crazy. You are just asking too much no way are you going to >get this kind of resoultion on a startand TV. You want 2048x2048x12 bit planes Well, let's see. Mr. Rokicki wants 2048x2048 on a standard TV. Well, there are two possibilities. One, he has lost his mind. This I tend to doubt. The second possibility, however, seems quite likely: :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) (These are smileys, folks.) I T W A S A J O K E! Thank you, I feel much better now. .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ... .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ... | Neil Weinstock | ihnp4!cord!nsw | "I think my cerebellum just | | AT&T Bell Labs | nsw@cord.att.com | fused." - Calvin | .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ... .- -- .. --. .- .-. ..- .-.. . ...