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From: grr@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Two questions
Message-ID: <1733@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 25-Apr-87 03:05:13 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1733
Posted: Sat Apr 25 03:05:13 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 26-Apr-87 19:41:34 EDT
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In article <42@esunix.UUCP> blgardne@esunix.UUCP (Blaine Gardner) writes:
>
>Any truth to the rumors that the A500 and the A2000 have half-brite
>chips installed? True or not, what is the status on the half-brite?
>
>I saw the half-brite mode mentioned in one of the third-party Amiga
>reference books. Is this a hint of things to come?

All A500's and A2000's should come with half-brite mode chips installed.
This feature is not well documented since perhaps half the Amiga's shipped
do not have the feature and it is not clear whether future version will
support half-brite or will support some other method of extending the
number of colors displayed.
-- 
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