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Peter da Silva writes:

>This is not possible. The Atari has a maximum possible resolution, using every
>trick in the book, of something like 262 by 704 by 512 colors. The Amiga has
>a maximum resolution, again using every trick in the book, of 525 by 704 by
>4096 colors. You can't get a non-interlaced image with 3-bit DACs to equal
>an interlaced image with 4-bit DACs.

>Either will, of course, beat up on machines like the Apple-IIGS.
>--
>Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva  `-_-'  Hackercorp.
>...texbell!sugar!peter, or peter@sugar.uu.net      'U`

Sorry Peter, but my ST would love to have a talk with you.  The ST's maximum
resolution in color is 640x320 with a maximum color pallette of 4096 colors in
Medium res and 16 million colors in low resolution (mind you, you have to do
some major tweaking with TOS to do this).  High resolution monochrome is
640x480, and is paper white with black.  However, any one of these resolutions
can scroll (with the famous LineA command) up to 32,767x32,767 pixels in ANY
resolution using a program called BIGSCRN.PRG (it is on many of the BBSs here
in Orlando, FL).  However, to do 32kx32k, you must have about six megs in the
machine.  However, it is nice being able to use Desktop Publisher ST in
1280x960, and sometimes 1500x1500 resolution!  Show me an Amiga that can do
that (when they are not in Guru Meditations, of course!!! <a wicked grin>).

Erik Williams
Electrical Engineering
University of Central Florida (WILLIAMS@UCF1VM.bitnet)
Orlando, Florida

P.S.  I believe Quantum Paint is the program that has broken the 4k colors
limitation and can make 16 million in low resolution.