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From: schur@isi.edu (Sean Schur)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Anyone Using a Targa Card on an Amiga?
Message-ID: <14732@venera.isi.edu>
Date: 28 Aug 90 11:48:07 GMT
Reply-To: schur@venera.isi.edu (Sean Schur)
Organization: USC-Information Sciences Institute
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I am interested in getting feedback from people who are using Targa or Vista 
cards on an Amiga. I'd like to know exactly what is involved in using such a 
setup. I understand you need a Bridgeboard. Which Bridgeboard are you using? 
I am under the impression that tranferring the data to the IBM slot for the
Targa card is slow. I would expect that this would be especially true if you 
are trying to send multiple images to the card for single framing animations.
What software is necessary to use these boards? I have seen information on
TGALink. What other software is available? Can I generate images in Turbo
Silver are send them out to this board? Can I run IBM type programs like
Truevision or Lumena since the Amiga doesn't have any REAL 24-bit paint
programs yet?

Basically any pros and cons you can offer. Would you recommend going this
route (price of TARGA and BridgeBoard, speed, and compatability) or would
you say it was probably better to wait a little while for the Impulse
Firecracker24 or the Video Toaster (with it's dual frame buffers). I would
guess that for speed's sake it would be better to go with a strictly 
Amiga board. What do you think.

Any help would be appreciated. 

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