her@compel.UUCP (Helge Egelund Rasmussen) (02/20/91)
From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) > A high resolution 24 bit hardware anti-alias engine is now available as > an optional addition to the HAM-E unit; this provides up to 768 24 bit > pixels to the RGB monitor per scan line without incurring any extra > memory or DMA bandwidth loading. Anyone know more about this? What does it do? What is the price? Helge --- Helge E. Rasmussen . PHONE + 45 31 37 11 00 . E-mail: her@compel.dk Compel A/S . FAX + 45 31 37 06 44 . Copenhagen, Denmark
es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) (02/21/91)
In article <1370@compel.UUCP> her@compel.UUCP (Helge Egelund Rasmussen) writes: > >From: zerkle@iris.ucdavis.edu (Dan Zerkle) >> A high resolution 24 bit hardware anti-alias engine is now available as >> an optional addition to the HAM-E unit; this provides up to 768 24 bit >> pixels to the RGB monitor per scan line without incurring any extra >> memory or DMA bandwidth loading. > >Anyone know more about this? >What does it do? What is the price? > I believe the upgrade price is $120. What it is is a math coprocessor which takes two neighboring pixels, computes an intermediate color, and displays it. This way you get more pixels, more color with no extra taxing on the system or enlarging of the file size. However, those extra pixels are not individually selectable, but that shouldn't be a big problem. >Helge >--- >Helge E. Rasmussen . PHONE + 45 31 37 11 00 . E-mail: her@compel.dk >Compel A/S . FAX + 45 31 37 06 44 . >Copenhagen, Denmark -- Ethan Q: What's the definition of a Quayle? A: Two right wings and no backbone.