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From: seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: ColorBurst NTSC @ LA VideoExpo
Message-ID: <1991Jun1.011609.5631@crash.cts.com>
Date: 1 Jun 91 01:16:09 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu

 
Why would it have to use the videoslot?  The Firecracker 24 doesn't use the
videoslot, yet it supports the overlay of your WorkBench screen over a
24bit canvas.  
 
In the screenshots of this in action was a standard (substandard in my
opinion) 640x200 non-interlaced WorkBench screen sitting on top of a
high-resolution overscanned 24bit screen.  This could have been either
512x482 or 768x482...there's your two different resolution screens in
action.  Also, television isn't 320x200 pixels, yet you can overlay a
screen of this resolution.
 
I agree that this would probubly be more expensive than just sticking the
VGA chipset onto a BB...but it is the more convenient option.  Plus, you
still need to figure in the cost of buying a second moniter.
 
Sean
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