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