?Human factors of computing?, that's a cute marketing term, but only reinforces what I had said. More attention was paid to style than ability, which is why the Mac's graphics, sound, and animation capabilities lagged while others were working to push the envelope to do something other than make another ?Business Machine?. Commodore's mis-management of the Amiga aside, it still gained a large foothold in the area of Video Production where it remained in heavy use until the end of the 90s.Using the same 1985 hardware, the Amiga was capable of showing 4,096 colors using HAM mode, as well as the ability to show multiple screen modes on different scan lines, something Apples hardware just wasn't capable of doing, even with plug in hardware. 24-bit display cards were also available but were mainly used for production work. The AGA chipset, introduced with the A1200/4000, not only matched the Mac's color output in terms of total palette, it still blew it out of the water in terms of graphics speed and resolution ranges. Do not forget that Commodore had little to do with the Amiga's foundation, as it was the work of Jay Miner and other ex-Atari employees.23 years of development moved the Mac from an outrageously expensive, gray scale turd to something more usable, but the Amiga would still be ahead of it's time had it been in the hands of a company like Apple, who just markets something to death until enough wallets open up to keep it profitable. How else could they sell a machine that did less but cost more? Marketing.I must also remind you that 320x200 resolutions you stated is incorrect, as the true limit is 368x482 is the maximum resolution when using 32 color or 64 color (half-bright mode).
senixonMar 24, 2008
Watching that I felt like at any second I was going to get rickroled.
Closed AccountMar 24, 2008
...says the guy who uses the windows logo as his personal icon.
mrynitMar 24, 2008
then Jobs came...
Closed AccountMar 24, 2008
Well what do you expect from something edited with iMovie '80s edition?
Closed AccountMar 24, 2008
?Human factors of computing?, that's a cute marketing term, but only reinforces what I had said. More attention was paid to style than ability, which is why the Mac's graphics, sound, and animation capabilities lagged while others were working to push the envelope to do something other than make another ?Business Machine?. Commodore's mis-management of the Amiga aside, it still gained a large foothold in the area of Video Production where it remained in heavy use until the end of the 90s.Using the same 1985 hardware, the Amiga was capable of showing 4,096 colors using HAM mode, as well as the ability to show multiple screen modes on different scan lines, something Apples hardware just wasn't capable of doing, even with plug in hardware. 24-bit display cards were also available but were mainly used for production work. The AGA chipset, introduced with the A1200/4000, not only matched the Mac's color output in terms of total palette, it still blew it out of the water in terms of graphics speed and resolution ranges. Do not forget that Commodore had little to do with the Amiga's foundation, as it was the work of Jay Miner and other ex-Atari employees.23 years of development moved the Mac from an outrageously expensive, gray scale turd to something more usable, but the Amiga would still be ahead of it's time had it been in the hands of a company like Apple, who just markets something to death until enough wallets open up to keep it profitable. How else could they sell a machine that did less but cost more? Marketing.I must also remind you that 320x200 resolutions you stated is incorrect, as the true limit is 368x482 is the maximum resolution when using 32 color or 64 color (half-bright mode).
Closed AccountMar 26, 2008