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- From: bmontgom@morgan.ucs.mun.ca (Byron Montgomerie)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Hombre history - RISC selection
- Date: 13 Jan 1996 18:25:08 GMT
- Organization: Memorial University of Newfoundland
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- John Hendrikx (john.hendrikx@grafix.xs4all.nl) wrote:
- : Just think what having a 16-bit mode would mean... Workbench could run in
- : 16-bit (no HAM crap to worry about), Games, 3d programs, paint programs,
- : etcetera... most of these are at a loss if they have to use HAM8. 16-bit is
- : much more usefull and versatile. HAM8 is nice for displaying stills but for
- : anything else it is useless.
-
- Agreed. Perhaps though with a PPC amiga HAM8 could be used for something, not
- sure what, but something. :) The only problem with HAM8 is that it is many
- times slower than normal modes and is generally a problem to achieve accuracy
- of displays, other than that it is fine. :) It is very good as a test mode. :)
-
- Regards,
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- BM
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