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Harlequin |
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Company Keybonus Ltd. / Amiga Centre Scotland, UK | | Date 1991 | | Amiga A2000, A3000, A4000
| | Interface Zorro II
| | Autoconfig ID 2118 / 100
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- the Amiga's first 24 bit display device
- designed to provide compatibility with genlocks, single frame controllers and other video equipment
- 24 bit display and realtime animation
- the output of the Harlequin is totally independent from the Amiga video
- multiple Harlequin boards can be installed in one Amiga, each driving a separate device and outputting a different image
- optional 8 bit alpha channel - superimpose high quality graphics onto live signal, or smoothly blend paint images
- optional double buffering - two 24 bit displays instantly available
- screen modes:
- 740×486, 832×486, 910×486 (NTSC, 60 Hz)
- 740×576, 832×576, 910×576 (PAL, 50 Hz)
- 4, 8, 15 and 24 bit colour depth
- 15 kHz interlaced or 31 kHz non-interlaced in all resolutions
- models:
- H1500 1.5 MB VRAM
- H2000 2 MB VRAM - alpha channel
- H3000 3 MB VRAM - double buffering
- H4000 4 MB VRAM - alpha channel + double buffering
- all models can be upgraded to later ones
- outputs (two DB15 connectors):
- RGB + Composite sync
- digital key output
- alpha channel
- genlock control lines
- sandwich card, it occupies the space of two Zorro slots
- separate PAL and NTSC versions
Photo
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H2000, front side

H2000, back side

H2000, front side

H4000, front side

H4000, back side
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H4000 with daughterboard installed, front side

Sat & TV card, front side

Sat & TV card, back side

Daughterboard, back side
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Software
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Harlequin.dms
install and developers disk harlequin.device v3.02 (21 Feb 1991), harlequin.library v11.07 (11 Jun 1992) |
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