25 Jan
2002
25 Jan
'02
2:33 p.m.
Yeah ... I remember hearing about those Targa boards. That's derived from an
AT&T product, isn't it?
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Franchuk" <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 1:30 AM
Subject: Re: Bell & Howell Apple II update
Richard Erlacher wrote:
>
> What meant by that was that the PC didn't put out standard NTSC
(interlaced)
> video but something considerably less than that.
IIRC, the Amiga was
capable
> of interlaced display. Consequently, they were
frequently used for
titling
> "educational" (read limited-budget)
productions, which is often quite
obvious.
> The PC didn't support the functions necessary
for such titling, though I
> suppose one could have written a smooth-scrolling utility easily enough.
> Summing the titles with an external video stream was not on the menu for
PC's,
though.
Often they used a TARGA 16 board there for digital video and editing.
That was is 512 pixels wide 15 bit color, 1 bit for video overlay.
I have two kicking around here. DOS only -- never had a video drive for
windows. They later moved to Mac products.
Dick
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