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#Targa 32+ Ver 2.0

    25-Feb-94 18:50:08
Fm: Don Landis 71673,3612
To: John Ellis 72440,3046
John: When you get your PAR installed and discover the "View" button in the PAR dos software you may find your quest unnecessary. If you do need a frame buffer, better look for something that improves on 752X480 res. You'll view the targas right from the Dos drive with the CAV or composite output from the PAR board at the PAR resolution. You can view old targa+ res too but it doesn't fill the screen and the aspect ratio is off. (makes the pictures tall) Of course if you need to view animation then that has to come from the PAR drive after the compression. Currently I'm trying hard to justify keeping the targa+. The PAR seems to be replacing more and more of the features I use in the targa+. So far the only thing left is non-artifact laden frame grabbing at lower resolution. When faster hard drives get developed even that may be a looser to the PAR.