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Article #29347Re: Spectrum 512 allready outdone?
From: Wayne Knapp
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1987 22:39
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1987 22:39
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> In article <8711171046.AA09562@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>,
>
> Yes, how do they do that? I'm quite sure the ST can really only display
> 512 colours, maximum, as that is directly related to the number of
> bits from the shifter feeding the D/A converters which feed the RGB
> outputs. (3 bits for each colour = 8 levels of each colour. 8 x 8 x 8
> gives 512 colours. Period.) I wonder if this program, and another I saw
Yes and no. One thing that can be done is to use two pictures and page flip
between them. Two different color will merge to a new color. One has to be
careful though to keep the intensity of the two different colors close
together or else it flickers.
Wayne Knapp
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!tektronix!tekig!tekig5!wayneck From: wayneck@tekig5.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Spectrum 512 allready outdone? Message-ID: <2191@tekig5.TEK.COM> Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 17:39:11 EST Article-I.D.: tekig5.2191 Posted: Tue Nov 24 17:39:11 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 28-Nov-87 16:46:55 EST References: <8711171046.AA09562@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <317@mks.UUCP> Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or. Lines: 13