Re: Hicolor DOOM shots anywhere?

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From: Christopher Phillips
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 1993 07:33

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robert@alkymi.unit.no (Robert Schmidt) writes:

>In article <1993Jul6.160710.9695@infonode.ingr.com>, ross@kaos.b11.ingr.com (Ross Erickson) writes:
>|> 
>|> Uhhhhh, sanity check time.  Hi-Color support does NOT mean higher
>|> resolution.  In fact, it means lower resolution with more colors.
>|> Something like 160x200.  No speed problems at all.

>Huh?  I thought the Hi-color stuff was about 320x200x32K and higher
>resolutions.  Can anyone correct Ross or me?  Who'll want a game, or
>*any* software in 160x200 nowadays?

Well, people still buy c64 games that run in 160x200x{4/16} mode :)

On a more relevant note, if they use their colours well, they should easily
be able to get 160x200x32k to look far superior to 320x200x256.
The value of anti-aliasing is not to be underestimated.

I really wish that PCs could do Xres*200 without double-scanning.  Most
of the blockyness of such modes is the result of having horribly
square pixels.  Now if we could just persuade a monitor manufacturer
to include a 'fuzzy' switch that slightly defocusses the e-beam...

Christopher.

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