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From: kent@swrinde.swri.edu (Kent D. Polk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Image Processing Hardware
Message-ID: <8615@swrinde.swri.edu>
Date: 18 Jan 89 02:52:05 GMT
References: <4XogSOy00VoHI9NoZH@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: kent@swrinde.UUCP (Kent D. Polk)
Organization: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, Texas
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In article <4XogSOy00VoHI9NoZH@andrew.cmu.edu> ak10+@andrew.cmu.edu (Andrew Joseph Kompanek) writes:
>
>    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.
>

I have an application similar to this that would be nice to port to
the Amiga also.

>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.

The main drawbacks I see are lack of:
   1) Standard, supported hires (non-interlaced) display.
   2) Small color palette size

This type of stuff usually manipulates at least a 512*512 data
array, so I would consider an acceptible resolution something at
least as large as 512*512. 32 level pallete (grey scales would even
be nice) on this size display would be acceptible to me for this
type of stuff.

(Anybody working on an array processor for the Amiga :^)
Well, while I'm dreaming ...)

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