Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!samsung!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!ims103 From: IMS103@PSUVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: New graphics adapter! Message-ID: <89365.001306IMS103@PSUVM.BITNET> Date: 31 Dec 89 05:13:06 GMT Organization: Penn State University Lines: 44 This seems almost too good to be true... but if it is...... I just got a text file (15K) that described a new graphics "card" that adds two fully slidable, genlockable modes for all Amigas. Here is a snipit of the article.... Here is a concise list of features for the HAM-E graphics enhancer: * 256 thousand simultaneous colors on screen , HAM-E mode * Up to 236 directly usable color registers in 8 bit HAM mode * 256 simultaneous colors out of palette of 16 million, REG mode * Complete "color cycling" capability for 59 or 236 color registers * All color registers are 24 bit accurate (8 bits/color-gun) * Both modes can be animated using standard anim type tools * Both Modes are completely IFF compatible * Both modes supported by existing show and slideshow tools * Both modes may be overscanned horizontally or vertically * Both modes may be interlace or non-interlace * High rez menuing capability * No "CPU" overhead involved in maintaining the image * No "BLITTER" overhead involved in maintaining the image * All normal Amiga modes pass thru unaffected * Amiga modes are still Genlockable * Both new modes are Genlockable * Image memory is BLITTER and CPU accessable * Screens are fully "vertical slide", "overlay" & "front/back". * Works with ALL Amigas - a1000, 500, 2000, 2500, 2500/030, PAL, etc * Attaches to Amiga RGB connecter only - no internal connections * Quality RGB output - not composite * Externally powered, no load on Amiga system * FCC Approved 256 thousand colors out of 16.7 million in 320 x 400! Does anyone have any other info on this company? Oh yea, they said the planned retail was inb the $300 range! If they can pull this off then they have my vote for company of the year. If anyone want's the entire article e-mail me and I will send it to you. The company is called Black Belt Systems and they give an address as... 398 Johnson Road, Glasgow, Montana, 59230 and for voice or fax... 406-367-5509, 8am to 5pm, MST. Ian Smith