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Re: Hoaxes (was: Internet Virus!)

From: bmeyer
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 1996 22:30

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BobR <76702.1466@CompuServe.COM> writes:

>>Lesser colours onscreen will give faster video performance, smaller video
>>RAM requirements, and cheaper video hardware.

Boy, have I got news for you.... Most modern video cards are fastest in
256 colour SVGA modes. 16 colour modes arebanked modes, and thus inherently
slow for quite a few operations. 

>And a Timex-Sinclair only has 2 colors max available, so
>it must be even better.

Now _that_ goes without questioning, I presume?

Bernie
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