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PC video vs. Amiga video

    25-Jun-90 21:22:08
Fm: Syndesis 76004,1763
To: Richard Erickson 72017,632
I'd rather have more colors on-screen at once, without any trade-offs like Amiga HAM; I'm sure that's why they thought 256 at once with VGa was comparable to the Amiga's display. Of course, the PC marketplace hasn't yet learned that 320 x 200 chunky graphics, regardless of the number of colors, doesn't cut it. Text is really, really gross, on par with the Commodore 64 or worse. So write a letter, and get your friends to write, too. Sounds like some PC people / advertisers were tired of the Amiga coverage, and wanted to print some propaganda. At least they could get the facts straight, aside from subjective interpretation.