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On Thursday 06 November 2008 13:13, Simon Waters wrote: > Tom Potts wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 November 2008 22:17, Dave wrote: > > > > As for displaying the video - > > you could watch uncompressed video at higher def than HD 20 years ago > > without special hardware. > > You sure there wasn't hardware magic going on? It just needs to be able to move ~10MBytes a second around - not a lot to ask even then Tom te tom te tom > > I remember watching video on commodity laptops ~1988, but it wasn't full > screen, and it was black and white because colour LCDs were still beyond > the pockets of mere techies. > > On the other hand colour TV had been around for a while... > > > IS it just me or are things gong backwards? > > I wonder that every day. > > On the other hand I just did some stuff on Debian Lenny and decided that > at least that stuff had moved forward be it ever so small. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html