Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!ericom!eos.ericsson.se!etxtomp From: etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se (Tommy Petersson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: HAM-E Message-ID: <1991Feb9.134325.6640@ericsson.se> Date: 9 Feb 91 13:43:25 GMT References: <1991Feb8.184633.26866@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: news@ericsson.se Reply-To: etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB Lines: 32 In article <1991Feb8.184633.26866@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes: >In article diogenes@bbs.sbs.com (Charles Bandes) writes: >>Hey - anybody out ther heard anything new about HAM-E? Does it exist? What >>are it's specs? Anything? Also - anyone know of other 24 bit graphics >>options that would work with an A500? Thanks! > > I have the HAM-E board. The results from it are very >good. Despite people's complaints about lack of resolution, when >you have 260K simultaneous colors, the 320 horiz resolution seems >more than adequate. There are also plans for an upgrade (I know >the method but was sworn to secrecy 8) to give it the equivalent >of 640 horiz resolution. > The reason the results are better than normal HAM is >because you don't just have 16 color registers, you have 256. The >results are really good and the output quality hasn't been warped >into NTSC. > -- Ethan > I also have the HAM-E, and have finally started using it after buying the power supply not included to Europe. It works OK, though I have only converted some 256 colour GIF's to HAM-E format yet. When I have time, i will scan in some images with DigiView and convert them to HAM-E HAM. It is (almost) the only cheap solution for PAL users, and it works with most 'show' utilities, since it is a normal highres screen. I would like a -HE swith to Mostra however, since you now loose Mostra's ability to scroll around in a picture. Tommy Petersson