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Re: ST Resolution vs. Amiga Resolution

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From: Neil Forsyth
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 1989 09:14
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In article <8901261651.AA12611@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> WILLIAMS@UCF1VM.BITNET (Erik Williams) writes:
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>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.

If these amazing resolutions are stable then I *want* to be able to do this!
HOW!!

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

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From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth)
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Subject: Re: ST Resolution vs. Amiga Resolution
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Date: 30 Jan 89 09:14:33 GMT
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