Re: Cybervision 16 and 24 bit modes

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From: Mark P Allen
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 22:45

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On 10-Apr-96 01:37:05, Steve Koren wrote:

 SK> kjgudim (Kjell Gudim) wrote:

>> 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.

 SK> You need to find yourself some new experts :-).  They are not the same
 SK> either in organization or memory use.

:^) He means that a 1-bitplane Amiga screen and a SVGA screen have one
thing in common...they're both chunky format. As soon as the Amiga chipset
uses 2-bitplanes or higher, the representation is planar. A 1-bitplane
screen is essentially chunky in nature.

Regards,

         Mark

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