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Re: Cybervision 16 and 24 bit modes

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From: kjgudim Kjell Gudim
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.<

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