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From: jimm@amiga.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Proliferation of graphics modes
Message-ID: <5133@amiga.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 90 00:51:39 GMT
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Reply-To: jimm@batgirl.UUCP (Jim Mackraz)
Organization: Commodore-Amiga Inc, Los Gatos CA
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)>There is a way to get 4096 colors on screen at once with no limitations
)>in high res.
)>
)>It requires a hacked up video cable, three Amigas, and two genlock, but
)>some people already have that :->
)>
)>The Idea is to use the one Amiga without a genlock as a master, and use
)>the other two synced to the first Amigas video (via their genlocks) as
)>slaves.
)
)WOW, WHAT A CONCEPT!

Bart Whitebook did this in the lab, with one amiga generating each
of synchronized R, G, and B.  You can even use "broken" genlocks
because you don't use their composite conversion or switching, just
the sync part.

)3 or 4 Amigas and hook them together so that the RGB signal from the first
)3 gives you 36 bit color which is displayed on the monitor of the 4th Amiga.

I don't know what the 4th amiga is for, but you don't get 4096**3
colors, you get 4096, with each amiga spitting out one of sixteen
intensity levels of its assigned color.  Anyway, that's the easy
way (let the monitor do the mixing).

)Then we could link them together via network and use AREXX to do the 
)communications between the 4 paint programs which are running to display
)a single picture.

It would be easier to do a slideshow.  Developer prices of refurbished
A1000's are real cheap.  You'd probably want to throw the whole thing
in a box, maybe bring out six joystick ports for "special applications" ;^)

)Naahh.... I think I will wait for an A3000.  If it doesn't significantly improve
)the graphics, then I may have to look elsewhere for my NeXT computer. 8^)

Oh, yeah, you'll get a lot of inexpensive color out of that one ;^)

	jimm

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