gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) (11/18/90)
In article <15930@cbmvax.commodore.com> hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood) writes: >The A2410 Hires graphics card has a TI34010 on it and as stated above >uses the TIGA software. The display is programmable and the most likely >off the self resolutions that will be available are: >1024x768: 256 on screen colors out of a palette of 16.8 million (24-bit) >1024x1024: " " " " " " >800x600: " " " " " >640x480 (interlaced NTSC): " " " " I'd like to point out that 256 colors out of a 24 bit palette is BEAUTIFUL. Not quite 24 bit, but VERY, VERY nice nevertheless. At these kinds of resolutions, 8 bits is great, 24 bit color is only needed in the most demanding of applications. >Note that the A2410 also can have three overlay planes on top of the 256 >on-screen colors for three more on-screen colors. The UNIX software can >directly use this board for color X-windows applications which makes for >a very nice display. Directly? I'm assuming you mean via DIG (Device Independent Graphics). Hmmm... That's interesting. 3 overlay planes huh? >You can use this card with the 1950 monitor but only with the 800x600 or >lower display resolutions. The other higher resolutions require >something like a NEC 4D or 5D monitor. What are the scan rates for the various resolutions? What modes are interlaced? I only saw the 640x480. I have a NEC 3D. Seems like I jumped too soon for too little. Should have shelled out the extra bucks for a better monitor. >I hope this helps.. This makes my day 8-) >Regards, >Scott Hood >Scott Hood, Hardware Design Engineer (A3000 Crew), Commodore-Amiga, Inc. > {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!hood hood@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com > "The views expressed here are not necessarily those of my employer!"