Re: 256 GrayScale Matching to 256 Colors

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From: Stephen B Coy
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 1990 18:21

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In article <1990Mar2.043848.501@uncecs.edu>, cjl@uncecs.edu (Charles J. Lord) writes:
> What I've done on my machine is to load the 256 color registers
> with each of 0..63 repeated four times to make a semi-smooth
> 8-bit output.  It works pretty well for dumping 8-bit B&W images
> to the monitor.  If anyone needs code, let me know.

Another advantage to this method is that even though the video
output is only 6-bits, the data stored in video memory is still
8-bits.  This means that any manipulation/analysis of the data can
be done without losing precision.

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Stephen Coy
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