mark@calvin..westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) (01/21/91)
In article <4727@vela.acs.oakland.edu> hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) writes: >Well, if the latest issue of .INFO is correct, Commodore is rumored to >be negotiating for some impressive new chip-set based graphics >compression technology which could dramatically increase the amount of >graphics data the Amiga can store and display in realtime. I would hope and expect that the "chip-set based graphics compression" refered to is the C-Cube JPEG chip. It is already being used in a number of board based designs for the Mac and PC as well as the NeXT Dimension color board. It is relatively cheap (I believe $75 in 10K quantity) and would make an excellent addition to the Amiga. %~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~% % ` ' Mark Thompson % % --==* RADIANT *==-- mark@westford.ccur.com % % ' Image ` ...!{decvax,uunet}!masscomp!mark % % Productions (508)392-2480 (603)424-1829 % % % ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) (01/22/91)
In article <61641@masscomp.ccur.com> mark@calvin.westford.ccur.com (Mark Thompson) writes: :In article <4727@vela.acs.oakland.edu> hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) writes: :>Well, if the latest issue of .INFO is correct, Commodore is rumored to :>be negotiating for some impressive new chip-set based graphics :>compression technology which could dramatically increase the amount of :>graphics data the Amiga can store and display in realtime. : :I would hope and expect that the "chip-set based graphics compression" :refered to is the C-Cube JPEG chip. It is already being used in a :number of board based designs for the Mac and PC as well as the :NeXT Dimension color board. It is relatively cheap (I believe $75 in :10K quantity) and would make an excellent addition to the Amiga. We can only pray and hope. ;-) --Moriland -- | hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu | __ | | | __/// Viva Amiga! | | Founder Of: Evil Young | \XX/ | | Mutants For A Better Tomorrow | "Single Tasking: JUST SAY NO!" |