home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky comp.sys.mac.misc:20636 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:3323 comp.sys.mac.system:15217 comp.sys.mac.hardware:24131
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!world!jbailey
- From: jbailey@world.std.com (jim bailey)
- Subject: Re: Mac & IBM Info (added Info)
- Message-ID: <BzADvw.Hpn@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <kf_mzeK00VpA4UAngk@andrew.cmu.edu> <1gg9hlINN3qb@pith.uoregon.edu> <gf=2Oje00WB7QK0Jg0@andrew.cmu.edu> <wondertr.724353726@sfu.ca>
- Distribution: na
- Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 05:57:31 GMT
- Lines: 21
-
- wondertr@fraser.sfu.ca (wondertree learning center) writes:
-
- >Responding to the question of if any basic Macs support 24-bit color
- >(or 32-bit for that matter)
- > ... the anwser is a resounding YES!!!
- >
- >BOTH models of the Quadra line support 24-bit color with their built-in
- >displays... on either 14" or 16" inch monitors and 16-bit color on the 21".
-
- This is not completely accurate. Only the Quadra 950 supports 16-bit
- color on 21" monitors. The rest is right though.
-
- >
- >As to wether or not MACs support for 24/32-bit color is built in ...
- >every try opening a 24-bit TIFF file on a PC with only an 8-bit card
- >you can't do it (at least with programs I've used) but you can with any
- >MAC beacuse the Color QuickDraw handle the conversion for you...
- >THAT's BUILT-IN!!!!
- >
- >TED
-
-