Hacker News
new
|
past
|
comments
|
ask
|
show
|
jobs
|
submit
login
Narishma
on June 18, 2018
|
parent
|
context
|
favorite
| on:
X86 assembly doesn’t have to be scary
Didn't the Amiga's graphics system also use bitplanes?
Jupe
on June 18, 2018
[–]
Yep, sure did.
user5454
on June 19, 2018
|
parent
[–]
But with AGA chipset the Amiga got chunky pixels (e.g. write palette index to the framebuffer as in VGA).
gpderetta
on June 19, 2018
|
root
|
parent
[–]
That was supposed to be a feature of AAA. I do not think AGA supported chunky pixels.
Jupe
on June 20, 2018
|
root
|
parent
[–]
Yep, but for complexity, nothing matched HAM (hold and modify) mode, except maybe the aftermarket DCTV, the details of which escapes me, but I recall it having separate chroma and luminense.
Edit: found some info on DCTV:
https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/2201/how-...
Guidelines
|
FAQ
|
Lists
|
API
|
Security
|
Legal
|
Apply to YC
|
Contact
Search:
