> > Is there an animation player for the Sam? Would > it be too much to ask the Sam to play back an > AVI or Quicktime movie (even a postage stamp > sized one)? Theoretically, I imagine the Sam could > even do a bit of realtime 3D - something like Doom. > Afterall, Doom's predecessor Wolfenstein was > developed originally on an AppleIIgs - scary.
You could do about 15000 random pixels on the SAM in each frame (actually 7500 random 2*pixis). This is about 30% of the entire screen, which is not too bad. Now, random pairs of pixels is not that usefull, so if you have to involve some maths, that reduces it - quite drastically. Now, a wired-frame thing should be no problem at all. A filled vector thingy could be done with <50 polygons (which is not very much). However, a shaded (though, simple) filled vector thingy with some maths??? At most 10 small polygons?! What about a graphics accelrator, anyone??? ;) > > -- ^ One To-day is Worth Two To-morrows (Ben Franklin) ^ | ....or: One To-morrow is Worth a Quarter of One Yester-day... | | Frode Tennebo | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | ECP/PT, CERN, Switzerland | http://www.hiMolde.no/~frodet | | Phone: +33 50 28 26 17 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
