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From: Tim Krego <tkrego@norden1.com>
To: lightwave@e55.webcom.com
Subject: Re: Cybergraphics on Amiga vs. Windows display
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At 05:29 AM 3/13/96 -0500, you wrote:
>> > I used to like the Amiga's ability to have individual screens for each
>> > program, but that is one of the reason it has died. With all the custom
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>ridiculous statement...
>I still like it the way it always was and is. Windows does do almost the
same >with ALT-TAB. Lately I am trying this keys on my Amiga more and more ;-)
Windows uses one screen. The Amiga could use multiple screens, that was the
reason the first cards didn't work with every program.
>The price of a Cybervision64 is not much more than a comparable PC S3 card.
And it wasn't out 4 years ago when I needed it.
>I use the CyberGFX render screen plugin and it displays very fast, in fact
>much faster then on my P100 with Stealth64.
>Layout and Modeler works also great, except from the deliberately left out
>features like color wireframes, color image thumbnails and surface render
>previews.
With all computers there is some give and take.
>And it's a pity there is no good 060 compiler/optimizer available for speed
>sake. I hope that a recompile for the upcoming PowerPC boards will not be
such >a hassle for Allen and Stuart.
I'd say the Amiga version of Lightwave has it's days numbered as far as new
versions go. The Amiga hardware is being left behind and the PPC Amigas will
never take off if they make it to market. The lack of updated development
tools will hinder Lightwave if they try to make it equal on all platforms.
Or the Amiga version will not have all the features of the other versions.
>All in all, I like my CyberAmiga(060,CV64,40Mb) more than my
>P100(Stealth64,32Mb).
In the end, thats all that matters. My Pentium Pro 200/128MB keeps me pretty