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From: jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel MOYNE)
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Subject: Re: 24 bit color boards
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Date: 11 Dec 90 01:07:22 GMT
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              All right, so let's summarize this:

 The HAM-E is a 8 bit-planes device, the same way the Amiga is a 6 
bit-planes machine (even a little better, since you can't choose all your 
colors in half-brite). 

  The Amiga has a 4 bits/gun color resolution (4096 colors)
  The HAM-E has 8bits/gun of color resolution (16.4 Millions)

  The company and the product are young, and they did a mistake thinking 
they could sell the unit in Europe without supplying a power supply. They 
allready have the luck to have a product which is compatible with PAL and 
NTSC (means ony one production, and reduced costs) they should make the 
effort to give the good power supply with it, it'll be a winning move for 
them.

      You can make animations on the HAM-E device by page flipping AND 
using the standard ANIM format, and the standard ANIM players.

      You can use DPaint III's animation capabilities under certain 
conditions (like, you have to set the grid to 2, which is normal since DP 
is working in 640, but your display is 320). You are limitted to some 
brush moves (I don't believe it'll a good idea to try to rotate the brush 
for example).

      And then again you have the price of the device. (i.e. don't dream 
too much, you won't get the toaster for the price of the HAM-E (-:)

      Does this look like a fair description ? If so, could someone 
knowlegable about the DCTV do the same sort of description ? (I've only 
had interest in the HAM-E since the DCTV is only NTSC for the moment, but 
maybe the DCTV is better?)

       In anycase, none of these systems (at least HAM-E and DCTV) 
shouldn't be qualified as 24 bit-planes devices, the HAM-E has a 24 bits 
color resolution .. that's it, and it's not enough to be a true 24 
bitplanes device.

               JNM

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