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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:	AMIGA NOTES
Notice:	Join us in the NEW conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:	HYDRA::MOORE

Created:	Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:	Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5378
Total number of notes:	38326

3811.0. "Bridgeboard/Win 3.0" by ASDS::WARD () Wed May 30 1990 15:19

    Microsoft Windows Version 3.0 lists the Commodore PC 40-iii and the
    PC 60-iii as compatible. [something about a DECstation 350 too]
    
    Has anyone loaded this pkg. onto the bridgeboard? or called
    commodore?  The Dynabook(Hypercard-like) tool is nice and the
    AT @ 12 Mhz performance is tolerable.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3811.1	It should be working.	MQOFS::LEDOUX	Reserved for Future Use	`Fri Jun 01 1990 14:37`	12
	I forgot the version of Windows, but about 8 months ago, I used the version DEC uses and copied it to my XT bridgeboard. In CGA (normal PC to Amiga screen) it works, well... like you mentionned you definitely need an AT. On my XT it takes about 45 sec just to get to the window screen. I just tried it for fun, then deleted it as it just take all the power off my XT. I also don't have good application to play with. I assume that if it works with an bridgeboard XT, it must work with the AT version. Vince.
3811.2		NAC::BRANNON	value added	`Fri Jun 01 1990 18:28`	7
	re .1: MS-Windows 3.0 requires a 286, 386, or 486. It supports CGA, but not XT's. It performs reasonably well on a 386/20Mhz system with a VGA display. dennis
3811.3		LEDS::ACCIARDI	Larger than life, and twice as ugly	`Fri Jun 01 1990 19:11`	7
	How does the Windows 3.0 redraw/refresh rate on a 20 MHz 386 compare to the Amiga's Smart Refresh window? Say a stock 68K Amiga for example, running a 640 x 400 4 color WB, and comparing to a 640 x 480 VGA desktop (how many colors?) Ed.
3811.4		NAC::BRANNON	value added	`Fri Jun 01 1990 19:52`	20
	re .3: I don't normally run with a 640x400 4 color WB since I find interlace annoying. The redraw/refresh is noticibly faster on a 4 color 640x200 WB screen, but keep in mind the MS-Windows 3.0 VGA desktop is 640x480 in 16 colors. So its an apples and oranges comparison until the Amiga has a supported 16 color WB for the 500/1000/2000. There's an OS/2 program to convert 16 color GIF pictures to the BMP files that MS-Windows and OS/2 Presentation Manager use for a 16 color background. This is the competition, folks, I hope CBM realizes it in time. For people that don't look beyond what's on the screen, and there are alot of them out there, 4 colors as the default is no longer enough. regards, dennis (who still prefers his Amiga)