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From: u-jmolse%sunset.utah.edu@wasatch.utah.edu (John M. Olsen)
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Subject: Re: Max Headroom
Keywords: How was he done?
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Date: 30 May 89 20:03:32 GMT
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In article <7724@saturn.ucsc.edu> odin@ucscb.UCSC.EDU (Jon Granrose) writes:
>All I know for sure about the animation techniques used for Max is that they
>used a Commodore Amiga.

Close.  An amiga was used to generate some of the video, but not Max.  It
was used to put the interior frame and text on the video (genlock) on 
pictures coming from Edison Carter's remote camera.  An Amiga could 
have been used to generate the wild backgrounds *behind* Max, but I 
don't know for sure.

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