Path: utzoo!dciem!dretor!client2!king From: king@client2.DRETOR.UUCP (Stephen King) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: aux. frame buffers Message-ID: <726@client2.DRETOR.UUCP> Date: 29 Jun 88 13:50:10 GMT Article-I.D.: client2.726 Organization: DCIEM, Toronto, Canada Lines: 22 I have been thinking for some time about designing an auxilliary frame buffer for the Amiga. I would like to see more discussion about the kind of features an item like this should have. Here are my ideas: 1) Works as expansion RAM or dedicated to video. 2) Will scan convert - works as deinterlacer, scan doubler. 3) Sits on Amiga bus: uses Amiga system timing. (not on PC bus side) 4) 16 bits per pixel: 5 each RGB, 1 ignored. Comments? Is this the best place for a discussion, or should it go to the .tech group? Ideally, I would like to design this thing, get some bucks together to have a PC board cut and then release the whole thing PD. I am, however, constrained by conflict-of-interest guidelines, and may not be able to take the thing all the way on my own. I can contribute to any ongoing discussion and point out certain ways of accomplishing the above goals, if the net so desires. We should establish some sort of a standard for aux. Amiga frame buffers (for obvious reasons). Stephen J King ...{utzoo|mnetor}!dciem!dretor!king