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Article #36529Re: ST Resolution vs. Amiga Resolution
From: John Dutka
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1989 21:06
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 1989 21:06
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In article <2224@puff.cs.wisc.edu> Jason Blochowiak writes: > I'm sorry, but "standard" has nothing to do with "officially endorsed >by Atari". As a simple example of this: TINY, the compressed picture format for >the ST, written by a friend of mine, David Mumper. It's used all over the place >and I haven't heard him mention that Atari has sanctioned it... I agree with you totally. However - you can also hack that on an Amiga if you try. Now for the standard specs - Amiga can display 4096 colors in a non-interlace mode with their new chip set. With overscan, I can reach a resolution of something like 720x480... Regardless of this, It doen't matter - people buy computers for their own reasons - I bought my Amiga for graphics production work, and for work on simple aerodynamics. For this, the Amiga suits me - no hacks necessary - the ST may suit you for the SAME reason. +--------------------------+----------------------------+--------------------+ | John A. Dutka (jdutka) | . . . .____. . | jdutka@wpi.bitnet | | Worcester Polytechnic | | | | | | | | jdutka@wpi.wpi.edu | | WPI Box 2308 | | | | |____| | | | | 100 Institute Road | | | | | | +--------------------+ | Worcester, MA 01609-2280 | |__|__| | | | "Lehr und Kunst." | | | (508) 792-1949 | | | | | Copyright 1989, Chris Moir | | +--------------------------+----------------------------+--------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ulowell!m2c!wpi!jdutka From: jdutka@wpi.wpi.edu (John Dutka) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ST Resolution vs. Amiga Resolution Keywords: official, picture formats, tiny Message-ID: <766@wpi.wpi.edu> Date: 13 Feb 89 21:06:06 GMT References: <8901261651.AA12611@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <968@laura.UUCP> <EXt8RIy00XoH8WgkYx@andrew.cmu.edu> <582NETOPRHM@NCSUVM> <2224@puff.cs.wisc.edu> Reply-To: jdutka@wpi.wpi.edu (John Dutka) Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Aeronautical Engineering Dept. Lines: 26