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- Short: 614125 colors on AGA (FAST!!)
- Author: epgbd@cluster1.urz.uni-halle.de (Smack/Infect)
- Uploader: epgbd@cluster1.urz.uni-halle.de (Smack/Infect)
- Type: dev/misc
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- This is an example how to implement a "faked TrueColor" display. I got the
- idea to do this when I had a look at the MultiColour system by Stefan Kost.
- It is terribly slow so I sat down and wrote a fast version in assembler.
- My little program only supports AGA output (8bit Super-High Res Laced) which
- makes 85 steps for the RGB components possible. It reads 24bit PPM files
- that can be created with djpeg for instance. When viewing JPG files this way
- (means djpeg creates a temporary PPM file) you get the output on your screen
- in about 2/3 of the time that FastView (or other "normal" viewers) need!
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- Warning:
- This program is not a tool for everyday usage. As it has very limited features
- and could still contain severe bugs it is rather a piece of experimental code
- than a software product.
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- Programmers should take a look at the source code for details. Maybe someone
- could implement this kind of display in a real picture viewer? There are
- ofcourse some problems left such as the wrong pixel aspect. I had no idea how
- to correct this in a way that doesn't hurt performance.
- Contact me for talking about this and coding in general.
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