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From: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (Jim Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ECS: Enhanced Graphics, but what about sound?
Keywords: ECS, Sound
Message-ID: <1297@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu>
Date: 4 Aug 89 23:29:41 GMT
References: <277@vuecon.econ.vu.nl> <4041@cps3xx.UUCP>
Reply-To: jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu.UUCP (Jim Wright)
Organization: Iowa State U. Computer Science Department, Ames, IA
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In article <4041@cps3xx.UUCP> porkka@frith.UUCP (Joe Porkka) writes:
| I am certain that you do not need any more than 2 high quality
| channels. The rest can be done is software.

I am certain that you do not need a monitor or any video circuitry.
Everything can be done with an ASR TTY33.  Bit-mapped graphics work
perfectly fine, you just have to stand a little further back when
viewing.  Just remember all those lovely Snoopy calendars.  Dithering
with characters is a real art.

-- 
Jim Wright
jwright@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu