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- Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com) wrote:
- : eric@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu (Eric Case) writes:
- : | I know. :( Every one wants to run in a non-flicker mode. Stuart, can you
- : | tell us, will we be able to have the moving preview in a non-flick mode
- : | in 4.0 on an Amiga?
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- : Yes, I can tell you -- unfortunately the answer is no. Since the
- : copper animation code was written by programmers at NewTek in Topeka
- : (some of whom have left the company), I really have no control over it.
- : Since the current programmers don't know anything about copper
- : programming except in interlaced modes, and since they're all working
- : extra hard on Flyer software, the decision was made not to fix the
- : moving preview for double NTSC mode. It's probably an easy fix, but its
- : a matter of taking programmer time to figure it out. Since I don't
- : have the expertise to fix it, y'all are going to have to bug Lee and
- : the folks at Alcatraz if you want it fixed.
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- Hmmm. Will the WinNT and SGI versions have a moving preview, and what
- about other modes (ie. 800x600 and 1024x768)?
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- : 4.0 will have the much-requested static/solid preview mode, so some of
- : the need for the moving preview will be reduced. The new solid mode
- : also correctly shows interpenetrating surfaces, and there is a front-
- : face mode which is also quite useful. I can also report that Modeler
- : now fully supports the Picasso and should work on any graphics board
- : which correctly emulates graphics library calls and has a minimum of
- : 16 colors. Modeler is also much smarter about mode promotion. You
- : see, I hope, why I don't have time to learn 68K assembly language and
- : copper list programming.
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- Yes, I see. I think I will use the new mode the most.
- -Eric
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- : --
- : Stuart Ferguson (shf@netcom.com)
- : "How do you compute that? Where on the
- : graph do `must' and `cannot' meet?"
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- Eric Case INTERNET: eric@bigdog.engr.arizona.edu
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