ScuzzBlog: Diaries September 2020 Entry 22nd September 2020: Post 1: Amiga HAM-E. Amiga HAM-E. OK I am done searching for information on Ham-E. My efforts to ask around also came up with very little. What I did find was an article in the ICUPG magazine which kinda explains all. That was that for HAM-E. I have featured the HAM-E before but never actually opened it up to see what was inside. Surprisingly this unit has the rare Hires Adaptor. Sadly I don't have a power supply so can't use it. HAM-E was killed off by Commodore cus it threatened the new release of the AGA machines. Never categorically proven but is assumed. So what is HAM-E ? No idea... But what I read was that it was an external frame-buffer unit which connected to the RGB port on the Amiga. Anyone that knows HAM will appreciate it's just an illusion. A bit of Amiga trickery. The HAM-E is no different. It converts two hires pixels into one new low-res pixel. The aim being to create a fake high-res output using the wizardry of anti-aliasing. But seriously don't quote me on it. The HAM-E was made by Black Belt Systems in the UK though mine definitely says made in Montana. Maybe that is in the UK. This dates from 1991 just before the release of the AGA Amigas. The unit not only shares the RGB display on the Amiga but can also show each in a split screen. The software disks provided come with Image Professional which is an image processing paint program. That is about all I know. The unit did not come with a manual or a power supply. Sadly I have no idea whether it is working. My guess is that it's quite rare and probably worth a sack full of gold. Or not... probably not. If you do own one and have the time it would be great to get an electrical copy of the manual. So there you have it ... HAM-E. Kinda redundant I guess when you have an A1200 AGA computer. Dunno. Amiga Ham-E. Previously

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