#FAT AGNUS for the 1000?
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You're absolutely right, if you think a 386 machine is going to "blow the Amiga
away", then you shouldn't be in the forum, and you'll just be wasting your
time. Decent display? You mean, television-like, or VGA-like? I'm glad to
hear that the Maverick uses that new "game-prevention" chipset from Intel.
Geez, I'm really sorry to have upset your applecart. When do you start to
censure dissent? Absolute minimum display for video should be 16 bit. Period.
Motorola markets the 88000 which is used in the Maverick. I happen to own a
very early Amiga which gives me certain rights to an opinion about how little
it's changed while the rest of the world has passed it by, performance-wise. I
still specify them for certain uses, like character generation./exit
Considering the generally rabid attitude in the forum, you can understand why I
don't log on more often. I'm really just sad that more wasn't done w/ the
amiga. I don't understand why everyone isn't screaming at CBM. Must be the 80's
or something… I have a lot of hardware and I configure a lot of systems and I
try real hard to use the best equipment for the job at hand because I owe it to
my customers. I consciously avoid emotional attachment or blind devotion to a
product or company because it's, well…. demeaning or something.. These
people who join mutual-admiration societies eventually kill off innovative
thought. For professionals in video, it makes much more sense to spend the
money and get something like a targa board if you want to use a captured image.
I wish there was something similar that could be stuffed into an amiga. I like
the amiga. I specify them for school systems when I can. Elementary Art
students love them. But the reason I'm here is to suggest that you maybe write
some software to convert Sculpt files to TGA format and likewise DXF/autoshade.
Screaming at CBM doesn't help. You're talking to the wrong guy, if you think
I'm part of anyone's mutual admiration society. I left the "I (heart) Amiga"
club a long time ago – I'm not sure I'm even ever been a member. If you have a
deep understanding of what the Amiga is for, then you should be wise enough to
know that jumping into a forum like this and telling everyone that some new
machine spells death for the Amiga… Syndesis is glad to take suggestions,
over in our area in the Vendor forum. Over here, you're talking to the person
named John Foust, and his opinions only. Sure, I'll do Targa and DXF
conversions, if they can make money for my company. So far, I haven't seen
evidence of this.
John Foust? Are you the same guy who was quoted in a national publication,
claiming that an Amiga outperformed a Targa system as a graphics platform?
What, if not blind amiga-love, could ever support such a delusional
belief??? And I don't blame you for not being interested in DXF
conversion, even if it is the most popular file format for personal cad.
It'd be like a software bridgeboard.
Where the hell did I say that? And who said I wasn't interested in a DXF
module? I've written one, and demo'd it at several shows, long ago. So
far, my company has not decided to release it. Wanna know why? I'll give
you some simple reasons. First, what's the size of your typical DXF file,
from a real-world drawing. 500K? 1 meg? 2 meg? How do my potential users
get that file to their Amiga? ARC? 5 1/4 floppies? Non-existent network
products? Serial ports? Once the file's on the Amiga, you're going to need
enough memory to convert the file. How fine would you like to approximate
curves, with triangles? Sculpt wants 124 bytes of memory for each triangle
you make. You'll quickly exceed the memory of most machines with any
typical DXF drawing – unless you're going through lots of extra work to
adjust the drawing before you bring it to the Amiga. With the limited
interest I'd seen so far, it isn't worth it for me to finish the product.
Too many users wanted it priced at $50, when we'd need to charge more to
cover our costs, versus the number we'd sell. If DXF makes you wet, then go
buy the DXf translator from Access Technologies. Far be it from me to ever
suggest a competitor's product. Are you trying to make friends with me? So
far, you haven't been the nicest person I've met here.
Appropo of this thread, is there any information on when/whether there will
be an update of Music-X? I noticed an ad indicating David Joiner was
selling his Amiga gear which doesn't indicate much of a future for the
program. There are a number of users who would like an update. I've
criticized Music-X in the past because it hasn't been updated for over a
year, despite numerous reported bugs. Is an update in the works? If so,
when?
Perhaps he's selling his personal stuff, but not necessarily dumping the
Amiga (as in vendor provision of equipment from Commodore)…
YES YES YES, what is happening with Music-X? I still use it and love it.
And please send me special sale info. I am an Amiga only dealer in
Madison,WI and very curious about MicroIllusions' fate. JL