Re: ZipGS or Second Sight????

[erik@hypermall.com (Erik Kloeppel)]

In article <3pmdg8$r0k@india.lm.com>, mportune@telerama.lm.com (Matt
Portune) wrote:

> Erik Kloeppel (erik@hypermall.com) wrote:
> > Hmm...Well, overall I'll agree - the ZIP is more important up front than a
> > Second Sight.  Ask anybody who has one (like me, even) but I do dispute Mr
> > Sanchez contention that "5 (at most)" programs that will see improvement
> > via the SS.  Unless he counts the finder and any desktop application as
> > one.  In fact, the desktop is THE reason to get the SS - Graphics apps are
> > ok, but IIGS owners tend to live on the desktop - and the difference
> > between the IIGS desktop on the 640 X 200 rgb monitor and the IIGS desktop
> > on a 1024 X 768 desktop are incredible.
> 
> Um, hang on there, bucko.  It's gonna be awhile before we see the desktop 
> at 1024x768.  Even with the SS installed, it's still 640x200, until 
> somebody re-writes QuickDraw, and that's just not gonna happen right 
> away.  (Although it would be really cool if somebody made me eat my words.)
> It will look nicer by means of scanline-doubling, but it's still 640x200.
> 
Hmm.. lemme see here..

yup - my fault. I mis-read the earlier post.  Dang and blast.

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