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- From: chuff@agora.rain.com (Chris Hufnagel)
- Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds
- Subject: Re: TECH: Amiga VR?
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 10:36:42 GMT
- Organization: Open Communications Forum
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- In article <1992Dec12.043027.18281@u.washington.edu>
- dekorte@ibm7.scri.fsu.edu (Stephen L. DeKorte) writes:
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- >The better part of the hardware in the Video Toaster is for video
- >work(chromakeying color mapping,etc.) - it's not a board made for VR
- >(no zbuffer,etc.) So the VT is a bad example of the Amiga's VR
- >potiential(although an excelent example of the Amiga's multimedia
- >potiental-the equivilant hardware on other machines would be many
- >times more expensive).
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- I have to agree that the Video Toaster is not meant for VR. At least
- not directly. However for those who don't know already, Virtuality,
- the creators of the first public VR "game" "Dactyl Nightmare" runs on
- a custom Amiga setup. This is pre-AGA as well so future Virtuality
- games should be even more impressive if they use the newest chipset.
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- I think that the IBM is good for VR as well, so is the Mac, and even a
- Cray! ;-) The argument is moot and only comes down to $$, experience,
- and what platform you prefer. Me? Gee, I think those Amiga chipset
- are *soo* cool!
-
- :-)
-
- BTW, *ALOT* of the prices I've been reading for the Amiga are off by a
- few $$. Here's the current prices:
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- A3000 = $1499 w/software
- A4000 = $2695 ( ? )
- A1200 = $599 list = $500-$550 retail
- A600 = don't get this
- A500 = discontinued
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- TTYL.
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