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From: Thyss@cup.portal.com (Brian TT Fudge)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Amiga graphics (will 800x600/1024x1024 ever come?)
Message-ID: <15176@cup.portal.com>
Date: 28 Feb 89 03:31:06 GMT
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
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An interesting topic came up while I was talking to a friend about computers.  He
started telling me about the 8159/a Ibm graphics standard <or something close to 
those numbers>.

He told me that this card could do 800x600 with 256 colors (or was it 128?), and
1024x(some big number here) with 128 colors or so.  Is this true? Can this be done?

I know amigas can only do about half of 800x600 with only 64 colors <halfbrite>.
Is anything being done to change this?  The amiga IS supposed to be a graphics 
machine isn't it?

If there is something like this who makes something to do it?  Where can I get it?
How much would it cost?  Do any programs support it?

thyss@cup.portal.com