Re: TurboRez news

[mquattro@chat.carleton.ca (Michael Quattrocchi)]

Mitchell Spector (spector@vax2.concordia.ca) wrote:

> 	Another important factor here to consider is price! The Second 
> Sight is currently being advertised at $180 US, while the TurboRez was
> last estimated at ~$300 US. Add to that the cost of a VGA/SVGA monitor,
> and, well...

TurboRez doesn't necessarily require a VGA monitor show off most of
it's tricks; that's what the Second Sight needs... so you wouldn't
necessarily be "adding" the cost of a vga/svga monitor...

> Then again, the Second Sight will be available within a few weeks (probably
> before Christmas) and the TurboRez anywhere from late Feburary to another
> full year or more. IMO, the two biggest things to consider are price and
> most of all, software support (doesn't matter how many bells & whistles
> either card has, if nothing supports it).

these cards need to be released while there is still a IIgs community
to speak of... another few years wait for TurboRez could also kill us
all off. This also encourages the need for common standards between
card manufacturers... now that Jawaid is following this group again,
perhaps that is something that he could look into...

> Mitchell Spector
> m_spect@pavo.concordia.ca / spector@vax2.concordia.ca

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