Is a 256 color Workbench possible on an Amiga 2500?

[Effy]

An A2000 with OS3.9 and an 68040 looks very impressive !! A gfx card would certainly speed up your system, not only more colours but also at least 10% speedup. A PicassoIV is of course the best you can get, but a Cybervision64/3D is also great and a lot cheaper and still new to get. You can also hunt for another gfx card that supports Zorro2 but it will have to be 2nd hand.

[Effy]

256 colours, that means working in the lowest mode called 8-bit. A CV64/3D can work also in 15 bit, 16 bit and 24 bit. But 8-bit works the fastest if you have an 68030 like I did on my former A1200 tower. But if you want lotsa colours without overloading the processor then just use 15 bit which will display most gfx very good ...
In these days of A4000's with PPC turboboard and PCI busboard it doesn't mean that we will drop you just because you have 'only' an ancient A2000 !!! It is still a system that is  capable of being upgraded with modern hardware, from Buddha/Catweasel to 2060 turboboard !!
Besides, you have got a 68040 card inside which is more than most A1200's have. You only need a gfx card to have an up to date system. Do you also have got an IDE controller inside ?? Get an Xsurf ethernet card which also has got an IDE controller so you can connect ultra cheap and mega fast CDroms !!

[Effy]

by Framiga on 2003/12/26 15:26:29    Hi all    ARE YOU JOKEING or what?    WakeUP Guys . . . . .i can't beleive !!!!!

Why ?? What did I say wrong ??  :-?