PC vs GS and Second Sight

[ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)]

Hi, I am back from the PC land. After using and program the PC for a while,
using the way cool OS/2 Warp, I really miss the GS world which is even cooler.
:)

So the first thing I have done is to throw away my "colour turned monochrome"
apple monitor which has a defective red gun, and buy myself an almost brand
new Apple monitor! Wow, now I have an excellent monitor and it makes me feel
good again.

I have lost a lot of internet news recently especially in comp.sys.apple2.
What is the status of Second Sight now? Will it be sold this Christmas? My
original plan is to get a 486/66 as my own Christmas present, but now think
that Second Sight might be a better gift for myself. Why? If you have been
thinking of upgrading to a PC, don't throw away your GS! PC is a good machine
with excellent choice of games (sick of DOOMS, but NovaStorm blows me away),
but GS is still way better in a lot of cases - like it boots up so much faster,
easy to use, very fast if you have an accelerater card (trust me, I am now
using both Windows and OS/2 Warp in my office machine everyday on a fast
486) and better sound (unless you get SB AWE32 or GUS for your PC).

To my friends out there, sorry that the desktop Mandelbrot program that I have
promise tp upload so far is still not there. I have not been able to upload
programs from my home, and worse, recently not being able to download too. I
will try to pass David Ong a copy as soon as I can (first I have to locate
where the program is :) and ask him to do me a favor. And yes, sooner or later
there will be a great arcade game from him too, as a beta tester, I think
the first playable version should be completing soon (OK OK, this is not
a flame bait. If you don't like me talking about the game, just ignore me -
I would just like to let others know that GS is still fun with great software
coming soon!)

For Second Sight, now that I have a new Apple monitor, I might not be getting
a PC monitor soon. So was wondering what's the support for the Apple monitor.
Some questions:

* Will my display turns "blocky" connecting to Second Sight?

* Will native software (like those includes with SS) support 640x200x256 mode?
  ie, does the software assumes pixel to be 1:1 ratio (because all other
  non-interlaced modes are 1:1 ratio)? Will it specially cater for 5:12 ratio
  like 640x200?

* Will the animation of those cool arcade games or demos on GS (that has more
  than 30fps) slows down?

* Will Animesia 3D supports Second Sight? This can be a real cool software for
  GS if it does. Who wants to render a nice cool world with ambient light and
  nice effect on 16 colours anyway?

OK, that's it. Merry Christmas!

--
          Lim Thye Chean: Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
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Institute of Systems Science                    Apple IIGS and OS/2 Warp user
   Software Engineer, Author of Galaxia Authoring Environment (OSF/Motif)