POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.general : Amiga HAM display : Re: Amiga HAM display Server Time
7 Aug 2024 19:25:54 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Amiga HAM display  
From: Ron Parker
Date: 15 Jun 2001 22:47:33
Message: <slrn9ili6c.fkl.ron.parker@fwi.com>
On Fri, 15 Jun 2001 19:16:58 -0700, N Shomber wrote:
>    Does anyone know when a patch or update will be available to bring back
>the HAM6/8 display mode that was used in POVRay1.0 for Amigas?
>    This is a nice chipset because it allows the creation of true 24 bit
>images whereas the current settings only truly allow 8 (6?) bit images or
>less on a standard Amiga video board. 

What is a "standard" Amiga video board?  The Amiga over in the corner 
of my office only supports 12-bit color in HAM mode, and 6-bit color in
high resolution.

> A return of the DUMP output format
>would be also nice as I currently use the tga2gif tool included with POVRay1
>to convert the Targa output of POVRay 3.1 into a useable format on the
>Amiga.

Doesn't +fs output IFF ILBM anymore?

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