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Article #20643Re: Video memory and the Mac II
From: gwe
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1987 12:36
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1987 12:36
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In article <1049@cup.portal.com> Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com writes:
>see them on a 128-SE, but I guess they were thinking ahead. The only diffenece
>between the old and new QuickDraw is that the new has access to 16 million
>colors at 256 at a time. As to your other question, I think that the memory
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the new color quickdraw would work
for a full 24-bit plane system ... The 256 color-at-a-time limitation is a
limit of the current Mac II video card technology. I thought that SuperMac or
someone was working on a full 16 million color system using 3 of their 8-bit
color cards.
--
George Erhart at AT&T Bell Laboratories Columbus, Ohio
614-860-4021 {ihnp4,cbosgd}!cbdkc1!gwe
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