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TO continue…. (too long a message?) DMI claims that up to 60 frames per second can be displayed but they don't specify at what resolution. That covers the included software. Supported software…. well, that is changing rapidly and I can't give the latest. Art Department Pro and ImageMaster support it. But what is support?? It is one thing to be able to create an image that displays on the Resolver, all you need is any IFF image less than or equal to 8 bit-planes. With the image manipulation software like ADPro and IM, ANYTHING "supports" the Resolver. BUT… that is not what I am looking for. DMI has developers kits that allow any company to easily (easy for ME to say) convert their software package to RUN on the Resolver, not merely display its "product". DMI and Progressive Peripherals (and others?) have cooperated to create a new 'standard' called SAGE (Standard Amiga Graphics Environment) that can replace the native Amiga graphics library. Supposedly porting a program to run on the Resolver is as easy as searching and replacing the Amiga graphics.library calls with equivalent SAGE.library calls and recompiling. In many cases more will have to be done, if for no other reason than to allow a selection of resolutions. But hopefully porting WILL be easy. Many companies have been and are being approached and asked for support but only time can tell. Of GREAT INTEREST is the fact that DMI had a version of AmigaDOS/Workbench running on the Resolver and are promising a release version of Resolver Workbench within 3 months. THAT IS WHAT I am looking for. That will finally replace the native graphics functions of the Amiga with a more powerful version. It IS what we have been wanting, isn't it? I know I have. If other companies should support the SAGE.library then we may be seeing the sought after Device Independent Graphics so often asked for/demanded. If SAGE.library can become ubiquitous, much as Arexx did, then I think good things will happen. Currently the Resolver DOES run [ MORE ]