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#HAM backgrounds?

    28-Jun-90 21:14:37
Sb: #HAM backgrounds?
Fm: steven a. wartofsky 74030,1404
To: Kevin Darling 76703,4227
Kev, I agree that Amiga gfx needs updating (nobody would argue with that) — what I'm wondering is whether the HAM mode for backgrounds is still competitive with what's being touted as "256-color VGA graphics" (the latest games advertising hype) on the IBM. In other words, am I correct in recommending to people worried about converting 256-color IBM designs to the Amiga that they should try to use HAM for the backgrounds? Or do they simply have to reduce the number of colors on-screen in order to design a conversion, to 32 or 64 or whatever? –steve