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From: JKT100@PSUVM.BITNET (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Genlock inquiry
Message-ID: <90006.120601JKT100@PSUVM.BITNET>
Date: 6 Jan 90 17:06:01 GMT
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In article <678@alias.UUCP>, rhardock@alias.UUCP (Ron Hardock) writes:
>
> I am also unsure of what computer platform to choose.
> Beside the Amiga, other choices I can see are:
> - Atari STE/TT        (provides a color palette of 4096),
> - Atari ATW   (provides 16 million simultaneous colors),

Maybe, but just take one look at the tiny amount of software that
supports this hardware when compared the the rapidly growing Amiga
libaries, and you might change your mind rather quickly.  :-)

> - Mac II      (provides 16 million simultaneous colors).

Whoa there.  Yes, the Mac II has a 16 million color palette, but the
output only handles 256 colors simultaneously, not all 16 million.
                    ^^^
Yes, you may be able to expand this capability, but it will cost you
a LOT.  Heck, the basic Mac II will cost you a lot too, so you may
not have the $$ available to expand to the kind of colors you want.

                                                            Kurt
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