Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!dino!sharkey!umich!umeecs!dip.eecs.umich.edu!gilgalad From: gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: 24 Bit Video .. Message-ID: <1990Sep28.022138.19237@zip.eecs.umich.edu> Date: 28 Sep 90 02:21:38 GMT References: <26f592d2-2c05comp.sys.amiga@tronsbox.xei.com> <1990Sep21.184056.14 <27024b15-2c05.11comp.sys.amiga-1@tronsbox.xei.com> Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor, MI Lines: 68 In article <27024b15-2c05.11comp.sys.amiga-1@tronsbox.xei.com> tron1@tronsbox.xei.com (HIM) writes: > I think you will find that it is not important for EVERY peice of >software to work with the new stuff. What a lot of people don't realize is that there are many hidden advantages of device independence. A good device independent graphics solution will allow you to do several things: - plug and play: plug in your favorite display card, and away you go. Correctly written (software written using device independent routines) will work on it. - display 32 bit (or deeper 8-) on a non-32 bit system: Device independence should map X bits of color into the colors that are available to your display device. Person Y has generated a 32 bit image on her/his system, and sends it to person X. Person X has only the ability to display HAM quality images and thus, the 32 bit color image is displayed as best as possible on a HAM screen. I could probably have finessed this point better, but I don't have time, I have homework 8-( > A 800x600x256 workbench would be cute , but it not needed. All of the >programs that would matter would need to be writtent to allow the >resolution, REGARDLESS of hardware (a bitmap set up for 320x200 wont lokk >much better on the new hardware , better to make a 800x600 bitmap) so the >fact that it would need to have a new display method is not that big a deal. Actually, I think that a large resolution Workbench would be delightful. I don't think that there is that much need for having multiple screens (except for double buffering maybe). It would be quite nice to have much higher resolution on the workbench, and have each application in its own window (as opposed to separate screens). > Monitor cost is not a big problem right now, a good M-Sync for a few >hundred will handle 1024x768x256 and 800x600x256 and that is enough to catch >up at least. How do you figure 1024x768x256? or 800x600x256? A good multisync would be analog and thus not restricted to a piddly 256 colors. It is the display card which limits the number of colors. I will be buying my next computer in about a year to a year and a half from now. I will look at the systems that suit my needs (high resolution, 24 bit, large hard disk, cheap (?), and FAST, FAST, FAST 8-). I would like to purchase an Amiga again since the OS is so nice, and it is even better with 2.0. I hope that they will have something that will suit my needs. I am open to intelligent discussion on any of these points. Please discuss via email, unless posting will benefit the net. See ya, Ralph gilgalad@dip.eecs.umich.edu gilgalad@zip.eecs.umich.edu gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu Ralph_Seguin@ub.cc.umich.edu gilgalad@sparky.eecs.umich.edu USER6TUN@UMICHUB.BITNET Ralph Seguin | In order to get infinitely many monkeys to type 565 South Zeeb Rd. | something that actually makes sense, you need to Ann Arbor, MI 48103 | have infinitely many monkey editors as well. (313) 662-1506 Soon to change to: Ralph Seguin 536 South Forest Apartment 915 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 (313) 662-4805