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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Two questions (actually half-brite)
Message-ID: <1671@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 15:26:54 EST
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Posted: Mon Apr 13 15:26:54 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 15-Apr-87 03:39:45 EST
References: <42@esunix.UUCP> <1652@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> <5489@shemp.UCLA.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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In article <5489@shemp.UCLA.EDU> cc1@CS.UCLA.EDU (Michael Gersten) writes:
>In article <1652@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> daveh@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes:
>>Extra halfbrite mode, as its called, exists on revision 6 or greater of the
>>Denise chip, which I believe will be in all A500s and A2000s.  For those
>
>Are you sure? I had asked about HALFBRITE a while ago, and was told that it
>was put in to some Amiga's (a YEAR ago), then dropped with no plans to
>support it in the future. I was also told that it was not possible to
>order it or get the chip in any way.
>
>So, commodore, what is the story? Will the HALFBRITE mode be comming back?
>If so, can we get it?
>
>(I was told that the reason it was dropped was because they were working
>on a chip with more bits per color, and so would be unnecesary.)

Well, somebody's confused.  Who did you talk to and when?

Half-brite *is* in Denise R6 and R8.  The two revisions are functionally
interchangable although A500's and A2000's will most likely be manufactured
with R8 chips.

It may be that at the time you asked, the service department had yet to make a
distinction between the R6 chip and earlier versions.  The are more concerened
with stocking replacement parts for service centers than with end user upgrades.

We are working with them to improve this situation...

-- 
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