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From: joe@vixen.uucp (Joe Hitchens)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Better Graphics
Keywords: graphics display
Message-ID: <345@vixen.uucp>
Date: 18 Jan 90 04:43:17 GMT
References: <1010@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca>
Reply-To: joe@vixen.UUCP (Joe Hitchens)
Organization: Sleepless Software
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> >The 2000's have a video slot right?
>
> Right. Ignore the A500 (and the A1000). Why not?  To hell with them. If they
> wanted an Amiga, they should have bought the 2000. Right.
>
> -larry

Relax pal, I happen to own an A1000 and an A2000 both and spend
95% of my time using my A1000.  I was just asking a question.

To the "Black Belt" guy who speaks mysteriously from the void,
sorry, I haven't stopped to catch your name.  I read that you didn't
understand why I and others were referring to your device as a KLUDGE.

To me, the device is a "theoretical" kludge, though if it works,
and becomes standard and everybody ends up loving it, that may
not matter.  A KLUDGE is a "patch" or "band-aid" that gets the results
you want, but does not really correct the underlying problem.
The problem being the limitations of the Amiga hardware and OS.
(You experts can correct me if I haven't defined "KLUDGE" properly)

Here is my situation.  I earn my living by doing "GRAPHICS" on an
Amiga.  Notice I didn't say "programming", I said "GRAPHICS".  I
DRAW pictures, I don't write neat programs to generate them or manipulate
them.
I am getting to the point where I need 8 bitplanes.  As of
now, the only way I can do this is with a MACII, SUN or VGA-PC.
I abhor getting a VGA PC for graphics as I think I would fall
merrily to pieces if I couldn't multi-task.  Sun is way too expensive
for me right now.  MacII has both problems.
I want to use an Amiga.  I want to use DPaint.  I want to
do EXACTLY what I do now, but do it with 8 bitplanes.
I don't want to have to have magic cookies in my pictures, and I
don't want an in-compatible IFF format that PC's and other systems
that read IFF ILBM's would choke on.  I want a standard 8-plane ILBM.

The black belt thing is really tempting, but I just don't think it
can quite do what I need it to.  I really want it to badly though.

j.h.

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