Re: TurboRez update

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

Fred William Peterson (fredp@cs.utexas.edu) wrote:

: I thought that he had already built many operational prototypes, then
: redesigned the card.  How do you know that this is the final version?
: Forget prototype dates, when will production and sales begin?

This is unavoidable because the VGA chip he used to use is unavailable. You 
see, companies that produce VGA chips are more willing to sell to those PC
makers than to Bill. So this redesign is necessary.

: What does he mean by "image planes"?  Is this analogous to multiple hires 
: pages, thus allowing page swapping?  If so, how will this be visually better 
: than using a single page while turning shadowing on and off?

TurboRes is not Super Hires. No shadowing. I do think having multiple image
planes is important.

: It's great to hear of some good news, even if it's just vaporware for now.  
: As much as I would like to believe it, I don't think I will until it 
: actually goes on sale.

I am not asking you to believe it. If you don't want to, that's fine. If you
think this product is important to GS world, write him a mail to encourage
him, or let other users know about it.
: -- 
: Fred Peterson (fredp@cs.utexas.edu)
: UT CS BS 2 B - Class of '94

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