Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!lll-lcc!well!ewhac From: ewhac@well.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: eXtra-Half-Brite: The Full Story Please! Message-ID: <4648@well.UUCP> Date: Sun, 6-Dec-87 17:23:27 EST Article-I.D.: well.4648 Posted: Sun Dec 6 17:23:27 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 08:42:31 EST References: <6924@sunybcs.UUCP> Reply-To: ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) Distribution: na Organization: Time Distortion Enterprises Lines: 44 In article <6924@sunybcs.UUCP> ugfeldmn@joey.UUCP (Jon Feldman) writes: > Can anyone tell me the story behind Extra-Half-Brite, and why some >machines have it and some don't? Which Amigas do? Why? How? Where? When? >What? I don't understand! Where's the tea? > This was the story related to me by Dale Luck, and may be riddled with inaccuracy. I make no claims as to truth; it's what I heard. NationalEnquirerMode (ON); In the beginning, there was a chip. This chip could do all the vanilla modes, but HAM mode was buggy. Almost no one saw this version of the chip (except some unlucky dealers whose demo systems had it). Then HAM mode was fixed. And Commodore saw it was good, said it was good, and it was good. And Commodore said, "Go forth and multiply these chips." And there were many chips. Then, an engineer at C-A re-did the chip mask, and discovered that, for next to no silicon space, he could add Extra-Halfbright mode. And he did so, and saw it was good. And Commodore agreed that it was good, and said, "Multiply these chips also." And the engineer said, "Wilt thou use these all-new good nifty chips in thine production system?" And Commodore replied, "Yea, but not until after we've gone through all these old ones first." And so some systems had Halfbright, and some didn't. And the Universal Uncertainty did arise, giving forth many EHB-testing programs. And Commodore did partially resolve the Uncertainty, saying unto the masses, "All 2000's and 500's have the Halfbright feature." The Uncertainty still exists for the 1000, but may be resolved by purchasing on thine own the coveted Halfbright chip, for the draconian price of ~$62.00. NationalEnquirerMode (OFF); Does this help? _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ Leo L. Schwab -- The Guy in The Cape ihnp4!ptsfa -\ \_ -_ Recumbent Bikes: dual ---> !{well,unicom}!ewhac O----^o The Only Way To Fly. hplabs / (pronounced "AE-wack") "Work FOR? I don't work FOR anybody! I'm just having fun." -- The Doctor