Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tank!ncar!ames!lll-winken!arisia!sgi!shinobu!odin!odin.corp.sgi.com!portuesi From: portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Black Belt Video Message-ID: Date: 11 Jan 90 14:19:43 GMT References: <1182@m3.mfci.UUCP> <5357@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM> Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Reply-To: portuesi@sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) Distribution: comp Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mtn. View, CA Lines: 25 In-reply-to: waynekn@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM's message of 10 Jan 90 23:31:15 GMT >>>>> On 10 Jan 90 23:31:15 GMT, waynekn@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp) said: wayne> However I will take a pot shot at you now. In the posting about how wayne> the Black Belt video works (a really nice posting by the way) there wayne> is detail about the 8 bit HAM mode. The posting states that over wayne> 260,000 colors are possible on screen. Well isn't that a bit hard wayne> with less than 40,000 pixels. (Should say something like > 30,000 wayne> colors out of 260,000 possible). Maybe we should all watch our math wayne> a little closer. Indeed. My calculator (yes, I still use a real calculator) says: 320 * 200 = 64,000 pixels for a low-res noninterlace screen. Wayne, I think you have a legitimate point, but mindless flaming like the stuff you posted above isn't likely to advance your point very far. --M -- __ \/ Michael Portuesi Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc. portuesi@SGI.COM Entry Systems Division -- Engineering