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Article #18250Re: SuperMac or Mac II color boards
From: David Fry
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1987 19:29
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1987 19:29
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In article <3682@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> wetter@tybalt.caltech.edu.UUCP (Pierce T. Wetter) writes: [...] > Completely seperate point: SM announced a new 24 bit resolution color board. >Does this board have a graphics processor on it or is it just horrendously slow >? (not ness horrendously slow but the idea of moving 3 bytes around everytime >you need to change a pixel makes me shiver). The 24-bit SuperMac board is essentially 3 8-bit boards (and it takes 3 NuBus slots), rigged so that one board handles red, one handles green, and one handles blue. So every time a new window is plopped on the screen, for instance, three passes are required to draw it, and this is very noticeable. So in that respect it is slow. However, after looking at it at the Expo I can assure you it is worth the wait! David Fry fry@huma1.harvard.EDU Department of Mathematics fry@harvma1.bitnet Harvard University ...!harvard!huma1!fry Cambridge, MA 02138
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!huma1!fry From: fry@huma1.HARVARD.EDU (David Fry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: SuperMac or Mac II color boards Message-ID: <2717@husc6.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 15:29:26 EDT Article-I.D.: husc6.2717 Posted: Wed Aug 19 15:29:26 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Aug-87 03:07:59 EDT References: <334@ge-mc3i.UUCP> <3681@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> <3682@cit-vax.Caltech.Edu> Sender: news@husc6.UUCP Reply-To: fry@huma1.UUCP (David Fry) Distribution: world Organization: Harvard Math Department Lines: 19 Keywords: SIMMS, 256k, MacII