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24 bit graphics

    07-Dec-90 01:36:36
Sb: #8284-24 bit graphics
Fm: Black Belt Systems 76004,1771
To: Christopher Laprise 70431,2172
I went back and looked at the message again; perhaps you were referring to the sentence where I said that there is only one 24 bit framebuffer, the FireCracker, and you think because I didn't include the Mimetics board it was gone or something… not so. I didn't include the mimetics board because it, like the other composite solutions, does not offer full 24 bit output, and that is what we were talking about. THey advertise it, like Digital Creations and NewTek, but not _one_ of those actually can display 24 bit images. Only the FireCracker can do that; in 1991, early 1991 if you believe their press, M.A.S.T. will also have a full 24 bit product for the Amiga. Nice one, too. Till then, only Impulses product can provide pure unadulterated 24 bit output. The HAM-E cannot do it. It can come _real_ close, in fact close enough so that you may not be able to tell, but it's not 24 bit, and it sure is harder to work with computationally. Ben Amateur Radio Callsign is A A 7 A S