Re: TurboRez news

[spector@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article szatezal@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Shane M Zatezalo) writes...
> 
>Any mention of what *software* will be included with SS?
>I'd be willing to order it this week, but I'd rather not receive a board
>that I can't do anything with. (even just viewing gifs & seeing how
>they actually look would be great start).

	Here's some actual quotes taken from advertisement flyers:

Second Sight -- "SOFTWARE: Includes GS/OS based application for displaying
~~~~~~~~~~~~     GIF, TIFF, RIX, BMP."

                "Display software for TIFF, GIF, PICT and (optional) 
                 KODAK Photo CD images"

                "Includes display software for GIF, TIFF, JPEG, BMP, etc."

    TurboRez -- "...applications should include:
    ~~~~~~~~ 
                 o A simple paint program.
		 o A GIF file converter/viewer.
	         o A SHR file converter.                
		 o A Slide Show (w/color cycling).
	         o A ToolSet for TurboRez GS."

Keep in mind the flyer from Sequential Systems is just a few weeks old, while
the RezTek flyer Bill St.Pierre mailed me back in January 1993 (the same 
flyer he handed out during AppleExpo at least 6 months eariler). So there may
be in fact more software included with it by now. As far as I can tell, only
one program is included with the Second Sight. However, this is only something
to play with out-of-the-box. The _real_ issue at stake is which card will
have the most (if any) 3rd party software support. As Rich suggested, I think
the two companies should see to it that software written for one card, will
most likely support the other (obviously in terms of colors and resolution,
not special hardware animation technics).

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Mitchell Spector
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