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PC still playing Amiga catchup
« on: May 28, 2009, 04:34:37 PM »
Hi, you may or may not know about DisplayPort, it is designed to replace the DVI and the analogue VGA display interface. Here is a link to an article explaining it:

http://www.bit-tech.net/bits/2007/10/22/displayport_a_look_inside/5

The best part is, it allows you to do picture-in-picture and split screen displays.
If Amiga was still running things we would have had that ability from the get go.

It makes you wonder what other things we missed out on in a PC (and console) dominated world...
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2009, 04:18:36 AM »
rofl,:madashell: with all these flames there will be a Phoenix appearing in no time.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2009, 10:52:36 AM »
I think everyone has made good arguments.

I didn't mean to start a flame war. I meant for people to suggest what would be different if Amiga was the benchmark OS/Hardware of the 21st century. Seeing how Mr Miner is no longer with us, we will never truly know.

Mr Haynie had his way of doing things we could further argue whether or not that was how Amiga should have progressed (Multi-cpu, home theatre etc.)

I thinks its important that we accomodate a 'headless chicken' approach of doing things. That way everyone gets their 2 cents in.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2009, 10:35:57 AM »
Try running your PC without the level 1 cache, it is like applying the handbrake while you've got the pedal to the floor.
Do that with your 030/040/060 on Amiga and the OS speed penalty is marginal. Due to the on board co-processors. It's unique to Amiga.

I also have a Power Mac with OS8 it's slow down is caused by turning on pop-up help.

There are some arguments against the PC design. The availability of an 'OS co-processor' card could settle that.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #4 on: June 05, 2009, 11:13:07 PM »
"Reaction time from visual stimulus is actially in the 200ms range"

I wouldn't use wiki as an authorative source on everything.

Look at Tennis, Cricket and Baseball or Clay pigeons even. Or how about snipers?
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2009, 10:42:07 AM »
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2009, 12:54:01 PM »
@koafter
The boing balls... nice touch   :lol:
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #7 on: June 11, 2009, 04:13:29 AM »
I'm not a fan of console controls either. A keyboard has the right blend of complexity/familiarity/simplicity.
With a console I feel like a mage trying to meld a wild magic surge... It doesn't feel right, not for me.
I grew up with a keyboard/joystick interface.
A mouse interface is very intuitive like the steering wheel in a car.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2009, 05:15:54 PM »
Did I start this? Or were they already at each other throats? :griping:

Interesting read anyway.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2009, 04:45:09 AM »
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You got a FSB in the GHz range, on a 4000 you've got a bus speed of max 25 MHz

:hammer: Just to be a nitpicker if you look inside the case the Oscillator has 28.xxx Mhz on it. Agnus ran at 28.xxx Mhz the other chips, the chip bus the chip RAM and the Zorro slot bus ran at 7.xx Mhz. The CPU and FAST was free do it's own thing.

You are now de-loused.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #10 on: June 12, 2009, 06:56:16 PM »
Take some solace:

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Thomas A. Edison

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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #11 on: June 13, 2009, 06:58:46 AM »
Windows XP seems to relinquish resources on my 512MB (don't ask why it is so low, also notice I used the big B as in Byte) laptop, allowing me to play The Sims 2. No complaint there.

In fact Windows XP seems very well behaved at most things. The complaints usually come from 3rd party items,
a) Crapping files all over the place and 'not' cleaning them up at uninstall.
b) Accessing the hard drive at random times or not efficiently resulting in a 'slow down'.
I could also complain about Media Player and IE, but I'm not forced to use them.
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #12 on: June 13, 2009, 08:39:56 AM »
:madashell:

Hi Wayne,

I think it is time to lock the thread. Them mushrooms will be sprouting anytime now. [Takes iodine pill]
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #13 on: June 13, 2009, 07:07:09 PM »
"could it be that all you young ones now playing with computer's know no better."

I also would like to see a return to wood-fired ovens. Nothing beats flame grilled.:madashell:
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Re: PC still playing Amiga catchup
« Reply #14 on: June 14, 2009, 12:28:46 PM »
Don't forget Max Headroom was done on Amiga. If you can remember that.
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Does being first count for anything nowadays?
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