CompuServe Messages

Unfortunately you cannot animate the FireCracker24's display in real time. It is a single frame display device, and takes a second or two to load an image into it. But at either 384×482 or 512×482 resolution it does offer two independent buffers. You can display one while loading your next image into the other buffer, and do page flipping for backgrounds that way. Don't forget that it does allow the amiga screen to overlay the 24bit buffer either. I know I mention this often, but regular amiga anims (ie. HAM, 32color, etc) look pretty darn sharp when they are displayed over the top of a full color background. Combine that with the ability to preload the next 24bit background and page flip, and you have a pretty sophisticated system. Easier to design the anim too, since it allows (forces) you to seperate the background from the foreground imagery. I'll shut up now 🙂 –jp–seattle–