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- From: GREMICF@YaleVM.YCC.Yale.Edu (M. David Greenspon)
- Subject: Re: Info on the New Macs coming Feg 10th
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- References: <727252206.AA01084@contrast.wlink.nl> <1993Jan19.041254.8000@selway.umt.edu>
- Date: Mon, 25 Jan 93 20:43:04 EST
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- In article <1993Jan19.041254.8000@selway.umt.edu>
- cs000rjp@selway.umt.edu (Russell J. Pagenkopf) writes:
- >
- >In article <727252206.AA01084@contrast.wlink.nl> qsi@contrast.wlink.nl (Peter Kocourek) writes:
- >>Jonathan W. Katz wrote in a message on 12 Jan 93 to All
- >>
- >> JWK> Mac LC III: 25-MHz 68030 32-bit data bus 4 Mbytes of RAM
- >> JWK> expandable to 36 one PDS
- >> JWK> Support for eight bit color on 16-inch monitors
- >>
- >>What does that translate to, pixel-wise? Does this mean 16-bit color on
- >>13-inch (640*480) monitors?
- >It doesn't translate to anything pixel-wise, well not exactly, what it
- >means is that you will not need a graphics card to use a 16 inch monitor,
- >it will be built in (if I understand the above).
-
- It probably _does_ translate to something pixel-wise. They are probably
- talking about the Apple 16" Monitor, which is 832 x 624 pixels.
-
-
- >Eight bit color works the same way. Eight bit color means 256 colors on
- >the screen at once, just because you change the monitor size doesn't mean
- >you increase or decrease the number of colors. If you want 16 bit color,
- >you are still going to have to buy the graphics card.
-
- Well, this depends on how the LC III handles things. The LC, for example,
- supports up to four-bit color on 13" monitors, but on 12" monitors it can
- handle eight-bit color. So the LC III _could_ give you more colors with
- smaller screen sizes (it doesn't sound like it will, but it _could_).
-
- --David
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