Re: Thoughts about Second Sight

[bazyar@netcom.com (Jawaid Bazyar)]

spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector) writes:

>	FYI: Apple IIgs users (at this point) will be _required_ to 
>purchase the Second Sight with 1 megabyte DRAM. Super-Hi-Res emulation
>will not work unless this amount is present on the card. The purchase 
>of a new monitor is costly, unless you can find one used (although my
>luck with second-hand CRTs has been rather poor, I'm still trying to
>correct problems on my current one :/).

  Let's not forget that SEcond Sight works great with your existing 
AppleColor RGB monitor. The resolution is limited to 640x400, but pictures 
still look great in this mode.

>	640 mode dithering won't look very appealing on an VGA/SVGA
>display. The finer dot pitch will make dithered colors appear less
>solid (part of the reason dithering works on the GS, is dependant
>on little quirks in the AppleColor RGB). "MCGA" pixels is something
>of a pet-peeve of mine, though you can't avoid that when working with
>VGA/SVGA displays. :/ 

  Oh gee, they're not _that_ bad. :-)

The original poster wrote:
>>I fear the TurboRez might have been the better GS specific
>>video board. It was by for more down to the existing GS
>>hardware (and monitor), and also seemed to be a kind of a dream
>>for GS programmers (despite the fact it was FASTER).

  A board that does not exist is not faster than anything.

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