saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) (02/27/90)
I have a couple of requests for information (maybe 3). Has anyone seen a STacy offered for retail sale in the USA? Has anyone seen a Mega ST offered for sale with TOS 1.4 as original equipment? Would someone who knows more details about the Spectrum picture format than are given in the Baggett image formats list please explain the handling of palettes to me a bit more. What I get from the list is that the image data looks just like a low rez screen, but that 3 palettes are loaded for each scan line; the palettes are somewhat abbreviated. What pixel number does each palette take effect at? Are these regular 16-word-long palettes? If the docs with the package are good enough, I might buy it just for the docs, but with my lack of artistic ability, another paint program is the LAST thing I need. I guess replies to the net are appropriate for the first 2 questions; mail or posting, your choice, for the third. Thanks. Steve J.
cosc10hv@judy.uh.edu (Paul Sears) (02/27/90)
In article <1990Feb26.162623.437@chinet.chi.il.us>, saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) writes: > I have a couple of requests for information (maybe 3). > > Has anyone seen a STacy offered for retail sale in the USA? > > Has anyone seen a Mega ST offered for sale with TOS 1.4 as original equipment? > > Would someone who knows more details about the Spectrum picture format than > are given in the Baggett image formats list please explain the handling of > palettes to me a bit more. What I get from the list is that the image data > looks just like a low rez screen, but that 3 palettes are loaded for each > scan line; the palettes are somewhat abbreviated. What pixel number does > each palette take effect at? Are these regular 16-word-long palettes? If > the docs with the package are good enough, I might buy it just for the docs, > but with my lack of artistic ability, another paint program is the LAST > thing I need. > > I guess replies to the net are appropriate for the first 2 questions; mail > or posting, your choice, for the third. > > Thanks. Steve J. As far as I know, there is a store here in Houston, TX that sells the Mega2's and Mega4's with tos 1.4 and blitters installed. I am not sure whether they install the chips at the store or if they are shipped with them. The store is called THE FLOPPY WIZARD, Memorial City Mall, Houston. I don't know the exact address offhand... -------------------------------------------- | Paul Sears University of Houston | | "ThunderCat" --------------------- | | node COSC10HV@Elroy.Uh.Edu | | 129.7.1.2 or TECHJW@Elroy.Uh.Edu | |__________________________________________| 'the greater an individual's power over others, the greater the evil that might possibly originate with him' - PROPAGANDA, off the CD, A SECRET WISH
dlh@raider.MFEE.TN.US (Dana L. Holt) (03/01/90)
In article <1990Feb26.162623.437@chinet.chi.il.us>, saj@chinet.chi.il.us (Stephen Jacobs) writes: > I have a couple of requests for information (maybe 3). > > Has anyone seen a STacy offered for retail sale in the USA? > I saw a STacy ad in some magazine (Popular Science maybe, i'm not sure which one) for a STacy. A single full page article and a picture of a STacy. Looks pretty nice. Anybody else seen this ad? Dana Holt dlh@raider.MFEE.TN.US