Latest TurboRez Info!

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

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TurboRez - The Visual Machine
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I just received the information from RezTek today, and boy I am really 
impressed! Please read this if you are interested in this card!


* New Features - What you get for the extra delay

Increased Memory - support up to 1MB range (instead of 192K)

Blitter with Decompression - High speed blitter (8-10MHz) with built-in
                             decompression capability for fast drawing
                             combined with economical memory usage

Enhanced Multi-Plane - Overlay 3-4 SIMULTANEOUS image planes. Each plane is
                       independent of the others

Display List Co-Processor - Allow TurboRez to run a script contained in its
                            internal memory! It is possible to have TurboRez
                            doing an animated sequence while GS accessing
                            the drive - independent of GS CPU

400 Lines support - Interlaced for stock GS monitor. Future will have non-
                    interlaced mode for VGA monitors 


* Basic Features 

3 video modes: 320 x 256 colours, 640 x 256 colours, 640 x 16 colours

Support page flipping

1/4 million shades/hues

Vertical and horizontal scrolling

Overscan - Full screen and Horizontal overscan 

Enhanced Video Fill Modes - similar to SHR fill mode but improved

High speed Page-to-page Display Memory Refresh (8 MHz)

Auto-Palettes mode that display 7600 colours - similar to GS 3200 mode but
                                               hardware assists


* Software Included

NEW! - HyperStudio support!

Paint program

GIF file converter/viewer

SHR file converter

Slide show with colour cycling

Toolset for TurboRez GS - able to write desktop application that open TurboRez
                          images


* Third party support - currently Animesia 3D, another cool program to be
                        releasd soon. It supports modeling, rendering and
                        key frame animations! Import AutoCAD files.


* Information

Price: about $300 include domestic COD. Initial payment done by check or
       money order.


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Apple II Infinitum!!



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