Re: HARDWARE: Open-Source-Friendly Graphics Cards -- Viable?

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004, Helge Hafting wrote:
> Or one could go the other way - if we use 32 bits, then
> consider 10 bits per color.  I've always wondered about the purpose
> of a 8-bit alpha channel.  what exactly is supposed to show
> in "transparent" places?  Transparency makes sense when talking about 
> windows - you see the underlying window through a transparent spot.
> But this is the frame buffer we're talking about - what is
> supposed to be behind that?  Another frame buffer?

Possibly. Or a life video plane.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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