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Re: What if ?
« on: October 16, 2006, 08:40:07 PM »
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AJCopland wrote:
Original A1200 should have shipped with 68030, 68882 and at least 4mb ram onboard.

But why oh why did no-one make a Voodoo based trapdoor accelerator for it as soon as it was released? It would have made it just slightly faster than the PS1 :-(


I agree on the first count, but as for the Voodoo trapdoor, I would have to say that you'd need Picasso96 or Cybergraphix to use it with.  I would've been content with the AKIKO standard on all AGA systems instead of just the CD32.

My solution to 3d at the time was to abolish texture maps since Amiga chipset accelerated polygons were strictly pattern-filled. :lol:

On the second count I would have preferred a faster Copper since that would give us chunky graphics for free without needing the AKIKO chip.
 

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Re: What if ?
« Reply #1 on: October 19, 2006, 07:50:20 PM »
@Tomas

The reason was compatibilty with hardware-banging software.  The AHI drivers weren't available until later (although Commodore should have come up with better drivers).