From: diego@minerva.st.dsi.unimi.it (Diego Montefusco)
Subject: Re: INFO: 3DO Multiplayer
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 93 16:07:15 CET


In <9302190608.AA16709@ghost.dsi.unimi.it>, on Feb 18, you wrote:

> From: altman@cryton.demon.co.uk (Hugo Fiennes)
> Subject: Re: INFO: 3DO Multiplayer
> Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1993 16:22:35 +0000
> Organization: The Serial Port
> 
> >
> > Might make an interesting low-end VR platform...
> >
>
> Low-end? According to the specs I saw, each of the 2 graphics engines will
> peak at 64 million pixels/second, and it's designed to deal with shading, etc
> in hardware. It has no screen memory - it decompresses the compressed
> screens (which are manipulated in compressed form) direct to video-DACs.

Sure, but the PRICE usually determines the market position of a product.
3DO will sell for LESS than $1K, so it IS low-end from the commercial
point of view. I just hope that some genius will hack it and understand how
to program it for OUR purposes... eh eh eh.. P-)

Diego