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Fm: Frank Hogg of FHL 70310,317
To: JBM Electronics 71174,3442 (X)


>>Is 1 MB RAM enough for millions of colors at 1024 X 768? Yes, at 8 bits per
pixel 3/4+ meg is enough. All those colors come from the RAMDAC (palatte
controller) Just like the EK_VAX.

>>What about 1024 X 1024? Not on this board. That would require a very high
cost monitor and I don't think that is our market at this time. When the
monitors come down we can quickly do a new board to match.

Thanks for you input on the sound. Space may be the big problem. A daughter
board strikes me as a cluge. I would rather do a separate sound board that
could do much more, like MIDI. That way it would not 'require' a particular
video board for use. Also it could be used in a terminal system.

Frank Hogg -- FHL

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