Hold-And-Modify 8 (HAM-8)
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Hold-And-Modify 8 (HAM-8) is an advanced Amiga graphics display mode that enables high-color, photo-like images by allowing per-pixel modification of color components within a limited palette.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hold-And-Modify 8 (HAM-8) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8632713 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hold-And-Modify 8 (HAM-8) Context triple: [Advanced Graphics Architecture, supportsDisplayMode, Hold-And-Modify 8 (HAM-8)]
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A.
H•A•M
H•A•M is a hard-hitting, Lex Luger–produced hip-hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West that showcases their aggressive, boastful lyricism and opulent Watch the Throne-era sound.
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B.
HMA
HMA is a European network of national medicines regulatory authorities that collaborates to ensure the quality, safety, and efficacy of medicinal products across member states.
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C.
HARQ
HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest) is a wireless communication protocol technique that improves data reliability and throughput by combining error-correction coding with retransmissions.
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D.
Hamming
Hamming is a surname most notably associated with Richard W. Hamming, an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his pioneering work in error-correcting codes and numerical methods.
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E.
NM-83B
NM-83B is a type of electric multiple unit rolling stock used to operate trains on Mexico City Metro Line 3.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hold-And-Modify 8 (HAM-8) Target entity description: Hold-And-Modify 8 (HAM-8) is an advanced Amiga graphics display mode that enables high-color, photo-like images by allowing per-pixel modification of color components within a limited palette.
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A.
H•A•M
H•A•M is a hard-hitting, Lex Luger–produced hip-hop track by Jay-Z and Kanye West that showcases their aggressive, boastful lyricism and opulent Watch the Throne-era sound.
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B.
HMA
HMA is a European network of national medicines regulatory authorities that collaborates to ensure the quality, safety, and efficacy of medicinal products across member states.
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C.
HARQ
HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest) is a wireless communication protocol technique that improves data reliability and throughput by combining error-correction coding with retransmissions.
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D.
Hamming
Hamming is a surname most notably associated with Richard W. Hamming, an American mathematician and computer scientist known for his pioneering work in error-correcting codes and numerical methods.
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E.
NM-83B
NM-83B is a type of electric multiple unit rolling stock used to operate trains on Mexico City Metro Line 3.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Amiga graphics display mode
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HAM display mode ⓘ |
| advantage |
high apparent color depth from limited palette
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photo-realistic display on Amiga hardware ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
HAM-8
NERFINISHED
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HAM8 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bitDepth | 8-bit pixel data ⓘ |
| colorEncoding | hold-and-modify ⓘ |
| colorResolution | 18-bit RGB ⓘ |
| compatibleWith | AGA-based Amiga models ⓘ |
| controlBitsFunction | select modify or direct color index ⓘ |
| designedFor | advanced Amiga graphics applications ⓘ |
| displayType | indexed color with component modification ⓘ |
| generation | second-generation HAM mode ⓘ |
| introducedIn | Amiga AGA chipset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| limitation |
color fringing artifacts on sharp edges
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complexity of pixel editing ⓘ |
| maxDisplayableColors | 262144 colors ⓘ |
| numberOfBitplanes | 8 ⓘ |
| operatesOn | per-pixel color values ⓘ |
| paletteSize | 64 base colors ⓘ |
| platform | Amiga NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor |
HAM-6
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hold-And-Modify 6 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
bitplane graphics
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indexed color ⓘ |
| requiresChipset | AGA NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorTo | original Amiga HAM mode ⓘ |
| supportsPerPixelModificationOf |
blue component
GENERATED
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color components GENERATED ⓘ green component GENERATED ⓘ red component GENERATED ⓘ |
| typicalUse |
digitized pictures
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high-color graphics ⓘ photo-like images ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Amiga demos
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Amiga games NERFINISHED ⓘ Amiga graphics software ⓘ |
| usesBitplanes | yes ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Hold-And-Modify 8 (HAM-8) Description of subject: Hold-And-Modify 8 (HAM-8) is an advanced Amiga graphics display mode that enables high-color, photo-like images by allowing per-pixel modification of color components within a limited palette.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.