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From: ak10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andrew Joseph Kompanek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Image Processing Hardware
Message-ID: <4XogSOy00VoHI9NoZH@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 17 Jan 89 04:56:58 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon
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    Does anyone know if there is any (real time) image processing hardware
available for the Amiga that supports convolution, "bit stream math", real-time
digitization (with acceptable resolution (i.e., clarity)  for high level
image processing), real-time histogramming, Region-of-Interest extraction,
etc...  I'm currently working with a hardware set-up on a SUN 3/260, aiding in
developing a cost-effective real-time image processing system and was wondering
about using the Amiga pursue similar research.

    Also, to what extent could the Amiga's blitter be used to implement image
processing algorithms (namely, some of the algorithms which work on consecutive
3x3 pixel blocks.)  I'm not extremely familiar with blitter technology in general and the Amiga's blitter in particular.

Any info. would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Drew


It seems to me that the Amiga would make a great (read, low-cost) Unix
graphics workstation.  If Commodore would really like to compete with
the Apple's Mac II (not to mention all the /386 machines out there) Unix is
the key.  It's time to accept the fact that Unix is going to become the OS
of choice on microcomputers.

By the way, are gripes about the Amiga on this bulletin board likely to reach receptive ears?

- Drew (ARPA: ak10+@andrew.cmu.edu)