Re: TurboRez Rumors

[eaiu184@rigel.oac.uci.edu (Jimmy Shaw)]

In article <2kk6v8$k62@nuscc.nus.sg>,
Lim Thye Chean <ltchean@iss.nus.sg> wrote:
>The Prisoner (prisoner@tsoft.net) wrote:

[info on the next "release date" of TurboRez deleted]

>: But the Project definitely is NOT dead, by any means. Speaking to Bill,
>: he said "I've spent over 5 years working on this thing, and I'm not giving
>: up now that it's so close..." or something to that effect. It's a rather
>: impressive product (with all the surprises you guys will find out when it's
>: released) and I've seen it take a 640x480x256 Picture and display it about
>: as good as a nice IBM Viewer (and looked better than the Pic did on the
>: Amiga).
>
>True. I saw the TurboRez myself in a GS with my own eyes, and can verify this
>is true. In fact, in my opinion, the display is better than the IBM.

Not trying to start a flame war or anything: how do you figure that a
640x480x256 display is better than, oh let's say, 800x600x65536 or 
640x480x16.7 million display?  It *might* look better/as good if you are
displaying dithered pictures like GIF (which is limited to 256 anyway,)
but not when you display things like Jpegs.

>All I am concern is to get this card out as soon as possible. The time is
>running out... the later it come out, the smaller the market it can capture.
>I am more interested in a card that work now than a card with all sorts of
>features that came out a year or two later.
>
>Last year I can tell you straight that yes, I would buy a TurboRez. But I am
>not sure now. Will GNO/DRWM supports TurboRez? Will any software (other than
>those supplied) support TurboRez? Where is Animesia 3D?

My feelings exactly, Thye Chean.  Had the TurboRez come out last year,
I would not have moved on to the 486 (at least, it would have been less
likely).  And now that I've heard Steve Chiang is no longer doing updates
to DreamGrafix (a natural candidate for supporting the TurboRez,) I really
wonder how useful and successful TurboRez will be.

Oh, btw: John C. Dvorak screwed up on his tirade on the Apple II.  He wrote
that "Western Digital" developed the 16-bit version of the 6502. BZZZZ!!!
Wrong!  As we all know, Western Design Center developed the 65816, not
Western Digital, the hard drive maker.  Hmmm, maybe we should all flood his
email box and flame him about that!  Tell him to at least have the 
intelligence to get his facts straight if he is going to flame something.


Jimmy

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