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From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: Amiga bashing
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Date: 27 Jun 91 20:12:56 GMT
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In article <1991Jun26.190348.4454@att!mwood!attcc!area88> erick@att!mwood!attcc!area88 (Erick Tadefa) writes:
>But is there software support for HAM-E or DCTV?  Are there applications that have options for HAM-E usage or games that have HAM-E drivers?  The DCTV is not really a video 'card' since its such a special use item and not a replacement for the standard Am
>iga video modes.
>VGA cards come with drivers for many popular commercial programs and many Shareware programs support SVGA modes.   One thing the Amiga needs is more software support of the hardware that's already there and available.



   I've found that not many programs use these drivers, a lot of them prefer
to hit the VGA registers directly for some reason. The better solution is
like Mac QuickDraw, but something better, more suited to animation and
moving hunks of images around (designed with blitters in mind). We also
need standards to deal with co-processors, beam syncing, and sprites, all of
which are important for Video applications.
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