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From: hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: FlickerFixer 2.0
Message-ID: <18527@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 4 Feb 91 14:45:29 GMT
References: <1991Jan31.053440.26713@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <18375@cbmvax.commodore.com> <579.27a9312b@vger.nsu.edu>
Reply-To: hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <579.27a9312b@vger.nsu.edu> manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:
>In article <18375@cbmvax.commodore.com>, hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood) writes:
>> In article <1991Jan31.053440.26713@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> rjc@geech.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>>>
>> Technically, this type of card would be possible, but would cost at
>> least twice as much as the current de-interlacer/scan-doubler type of
>> devices today.  The real problem is that instead of outputing 28Mhz
>> pixels, such as these devices do today, the version 2 card would be
>> outputing about 57Mhz pixel data.  You would have to buy a very
>> expensive monitor that has a video bandwidth that high so that you could
>> resolve these pixels on the display!!  So, instead of spending about
>> $700 - $900 dollors for say the A2320 and A1950 monitor, you would have
>> to spend about $1600 for this new display device and appropiate monitor.
>> Not what I would call a high-volume or even a cost-effective solution!
>> 
>> But then again, some third-party developer may feel He/She has a market
>> for such a device - go for it!
>
>I wonder if this is the solution to the problem that Amiga Unix faces 
>when placed next to the Sun Workstations.  The biggest complaint that
>I have heard thus far about the 3000UX is that you can't hook up a 
>mega-pixel 19" monitor that is color.
>
>Is there a better approach to this problem??
>
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Scott Hood
>> 
>> -- 
>> --
>> Scott Hood, Hardware Design Engineer (A3000 Crew),  Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
>>    {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!hood   hood@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com
>>   "The views expressed here are not necessarily those of my employer!" 
>
> -mark=
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> | \/     |   Mark D. Manes                    "Mr. AmigaVision" 
> | /\  \/ |   manes@vger.nsu.edu                                        
> |     /  |   (804) 683-2532    "Make up your own mind! - AMIGA"
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Yes, there is!  If you purchase the A2410 Hi-res graphics board which
our UNIX can talk to, provides a display of up to 1024x1024 with 256
on-screen colors out of a palette of 16.8 million and with a 50Mhz
TI34010 graphics processor.  These board will be available from
Commodore in the near future.

I have seen these running on our A3000UX machines with Xwindows and it
looks great!!  These systems love to be hooked up to a 19" color monitor
as well!

Regards,
Scott Hood

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Scott Hood, Hardware Design Engineer (A3000 Crew),  Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
   {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!hood   hood@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com
  "The views expressed here are not necessarily those of my employer!"