Re: TurboRez ads!

[ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean)]

Soenke Behrens (sbehrens@contech.demon.co.uk) wrote:

: Well, 7600+ colours sounds so awfully strange a number that I would
: assume that that involves some palette-twiddling techniques (like the
: "3200" mode on the current display). Indeed, if I take 16 times 480,
: I get 7680, so that is what they must be talking about.
: Gimme a break, please.

You are right. As a Second Sight fan, I do agree this is odd. SS originally
planned for only 256 colors ONLY. At least TR give the ability to display
the image in >256 colors. btw, the palette switching is hardware based, so
you don't need weird programming like the 3200 mode.

: I for one will consider the Second Sight first. For the abovementioned
: reasons (more colours and higher resolution is great, if I want truly awesome
: animations and video, I use a PC or Mac), also because I trust Sequential
: to make quality hardware and software, and I don't know anything
: whatsoever about RezTek, and thirdly because I can see the Second Sight
: becoming the emerging "standard", and I don't want to be stranded with
: a card noone does software for.

I will go for Second Sight too. But I do not agree all the points with you.
TR should have more bundled software than SS. Unless ISV starts programming
for SS, it is hard to say that it will be the emerging standard.

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          Lim Thye Chean: Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
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   Software Engineer, Author of Galaxia Authoring Environment (OSF/Motif)