Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!purdue!umd5!eneevax!smaug From: smaug@eneevax.UUCP (Kurt J. Lidl) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Ideas for New Custom Chips Keywords: Forgot one! Fish & Chips. Message-ID: <1566@eneevax.UUCP> Date: 27 Jun 88 16:11:29 GMT References: <3128@polya.Stanford.EDU> Reply-To: smaug@eneevax.umd.edu.UUCP (Kurt J. Lidl) Distribution: na Organization: University of Merryland, Elec. Eng. Department Lines: 32 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. :-- : /-- 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..."=======