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From: stan@teroach.UUCP (Stan Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: 4096 Hires
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Date: 30 Oct 89 16:23:46 GMT
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In article <4801@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> pa1158@sdcc13.ucsd.edu (Viet Ho) writes:
>   What exactly is 4096 Hires?  Is it true that you can display 12
>bits in 640X400 (or overscan) by switching between 3 RGB 4bit hires
>screens?     One of the developers at the local San Diego Groups
>tried this and got a very bad flicker.   So how does NewTek do it?
>                               -Viet
>                                vho@ucsd.edu

I talked to Mr. Blackwell (sp?) at the NewTek booth at AmiExpo about
DigiView 4.0 and the new 4096 Hires mode.  They are dynamically altering
the pallete every scan line, within a 4 bit hi-res screen.  Kinda like
Sliced high res (as opposed to SHAM - sliced ham).  The results are
absolutely INCREDIBLE!!  At least on the few frames they were showing on
the demo.  The result picture file is NOT IFF and takes all of the machines
resources (power) to perform the display.  Digitizing time is only
marginally increased.  If you bought DigiView 3.0 at the show (from one of
the other venders, 'cause NewTek wasn't selling product) you could sign up
for a FREE update to 4.0 when it ships.


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