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- From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
- Newsgroups: nz.comp
- Subject: Re: What computer is the "Coruba, DO DA" ad done on?
- References: <Bz29B1.J79@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz> <FXuRVB2w165w@amigans.gen.nz> <jbickers.0loz@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec21.151734.12930@waikato.ac.nz>
- Message-ID: <jbickers.0lv2@templar.actrix.gen.nz>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 02:22:04 PST
- Organization: TAP
- Lines: 28
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- Quoted from <1992Dec21.151734.12930@waikato.ac.nz> by ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University):
- > In article <jbickers.0loz@templar.actrix.gen.nz>, jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:
-
- > > data before decompressing it. The other approach, which is done
- > > for some trade shows but which isn't "normal", is to read the
- > > data directly into display RAM from disk, for the duration of the
- > > animation. This requires a special disk format and custom code,
- > > apparently.
- >
- > That's a pity. Systems like Apple's QuickTime and Microsoft's Video for Windows
- > do it by storing their data in ordinary files--even on CD-ROM. They get most
- > of their speed from careful design of the compression algorithms. A Mac LC,
- > for example, can do 10 frames per second at 320*240 resolution, sustained,
-
- These demonstrations are (a) full screen size, and (b) meant to
- run at the full frame rate. I forget whether they are supposed to
- show off graphics boards, HD speed, or both, but I suspect it is
- to show off graphics boards.
-
- PD-style animation on the Amiga has never left the screen-based
- format, and I don't think anyone is planning to do so in the near
- future either. So no animations in windows for us. There are pros
- and cons to either side, I guess.
-
- > Lawrence D'Oliveiro fone: +64-7-856-2889
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