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- From: kindel@ghoti.osf.org (Bill Kindel)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications
- Subject: Re: Webbrowser?
- Date: 27 Jan 1996 17:48:08 GMT
- Organization: Open Software Foundation
- Message-ID: <KINDEL.96Jan27124808@ghoti.osf.org>
- References: <4e9uki$6m5@nnrp1.news.primenet.com>
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- In-reply-to: Bryon Miller's message of 26 Jan 1996 00:08:02 -0700
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- Bryon Miller <bryon@primenet.com> asks:
-
- > Is there a webrowser that I can use to view gfx on with my A3000? I only
- > have the 2.0 roms & 2.1 software.
-
- This is already becoming a FAQ. At this instant, I'm running chimera
- with AmiWin (registered version) and AmiTCP 2.3 on my A3000 with the
- original soft kickstart and AmigaDOS 2.1 (and a Retina Z3 board for
- 24-bit color).
-
- Other choices include AMosaic 1.2, which requires AmiTCP 3+ and MUI but
- works with AmigaDOS 2 and OCS/ECS systems. Other versions of AMosaic
- require AmigaOS 3; they depend upon datatypes.
-
- A new browser called IBrowse is still in "alpha" test. I don't know WHAT
- it requires.
-
- REALITY CHECK: Web graphics are almost invariably 8 bit planes (256 colors)
- out of 16 million. The OCS/ECS "hires overscan" mode is limited to 4 bit
- planes (16 colors) out of 4096. That limits the effectiveness of Web
- browsers on pre-AGA systems that lack add-on video boards.
-
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