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From: pkivela@tukki.jyu.fi (P Kivela)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Hi-res graphics ??
Message-ID: <2370@tukki.jyu.fi>
Date: 9 Dec 89 17:04:00 GMT
Reply-To: pkivela@tukki.jyu.fi (P Kivela)
Organization: University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
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Hello, everybody!

I'm a relative newcomer to the world of Amiga, having bought a second-hand
Amiga 2000 (2 disk drives, 1,5 Meg RAM, 512 K "chip" RAM) a couple of weeks 
ago.  Since I bought the machine to do some precision colour illustrations,
I expected to be able to use at least 16 (preferably more) colours with a 
horizontal resolution of at least 640 pixels.  Unfortunately, I wasn't very
familiar  with the details of Amiga's screen modes, so I was rather
disappointed to find out that you can only use 8 colours in the high
horizontal resolution.  The interlacing technique used to increase the vertical
resolution is also very eye-straining.  However, I have recently heard
rumours about an upgrade which increases the number of colours in the higher
resolutions by replacing  the graphics-generating chip (Agnus, wasn't it?)
with a newer version and increasing the "chip" memory. to 1 Mbyte.  Could
anyone confirm this and if so, could he/she provide some information about
it ?  Finnish readers: do you know if this upgrade is available from PCI-Data?
As you may have guessed, I'm also looking for a high-end paint/draw program for
the Amiga.  Any suggestions ?  How about 3-d imaging software and a program
to convert from the IFF format to GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) ?

Please reply directly to me by e-mail (addresses below).  


		Any help appreciated,

			Pertti Kivela
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Pertti Kivela
Department of English, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Internet E-mail to: pkivela@tukki.jyu.fi OR PKIVELA@JYLK.JYU.FI
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