Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!peterk From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: 8/24 bit MAC to AMIGA Message-ID: <568@cbmger.UUCP> Date: 8 Nov 90 14:51:14 GMT References: Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany Lines: 16 In article mt1l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Marc Howard Thomas) writes: >I am currently attempting to design a multimedia system using the Amiga as a platform. What I need to be able to do (Among other things) is: >Take a 24 bit Mac graphics file (PICT or whatever) or an 8 bit IFF/ILBM graphics file and display it in high resolution interlaced HAM mode on the Amiga. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Until now such a mode simply does not exist on the Amiga. > Transfer 24(?) did display in high-res HAM, but the colors were not acceptable Interesting! How do they manage it? Honestly, HAM can only be displayed in Low Res today. There are other tricks a) in software, like the Dynamic HiRes of DigiView Gold, or b) in hardware, like HAM-E or DCTV, but that's all another story. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk