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Article #8596Re: Cybervision 16 and 24 bit modes
From: kjgudim Kjell Gudim
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:37
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 12:37
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Steve Koren wrote this in comp.sys.amiga.graphics: >> use chunky and 256 color chunky is the same as 2 color planar. >Err, no. First, 256 color chunky is not the same as 2 color planar, and >second, even if it was, I'm not saying I'm a HW guru (I'm not :) ), but I've heard this alot and the word is that 2 color planar and 256 color chunky are both i 1 bitplane. I'll leave the explanation to the experts. That's why Doom clones run sooo slooow on AGA. >the difference is more attributable to the much >faster hardware on the card than to any particular organization of >graphics data. Yes, the card is of course much faster than the AGA HW.< -- ------------------------- -------------------------- | Kjell Gudim | EMail : kjgudim@sn.no | Using Thor v2.22 #1137 | | LoungeBar Development | IRC : Kjellvis | "Make bits not war!" | ------------------------- --------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sn.no!not-for-mail From: kjgudim (Kjell Gudim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics Subject: Re: Cybervision 16 and 24 bit modes Date: 13 Mar 1996 13:37:37 +0100 Organization: SN Internett Message-ID: <972.6646T673T2935@Th0r.foo.bar> References: <oj63f7e2snf.fsf@hpsrk.fc.hp.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: sinsen.sn.no X-Newsreader: THOR 2.21 (Amiga;SOUP)