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From: Anthon_Pang@mindlink.UUCP (Anthon Pang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: Colorburst board?
Message-ID: <4800@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 13 Feb 91 13:46:30 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) writes:
> Sounds like MAST marketing hogwash to me. 24bit RGB NTSC at 20 frames per/sec
> is roughly 20MB/sec. I don't think so (or I'll believe it when I see it).
> With a max memory configuration of 8MB, just what are you going to animate
> with only 8 frames? If the ColorBurst lives up to its basic claims, it
> will be a great product for a comfortably low price. But claims of 24bit
> animation seem ridiculous.

Isn't it a fallacy to assume that every frame must reside in memory, in whole?
If they can get 20 frames/sec, surely they can use double buffering, and "blit"
deltas in real time...

The claims aren't so "ridiculous" when one considers that this is almost
precisely the technique used by MovieSetter for "animation".