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- From: bbrown@infonode.ingr.com (Bailey Brown)
- Subject: Re: Speedstar 24x
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.135851.4550@infonode.ingr.com>
- Organization: Intergraph Corporation, Huntsville, AL.
- References: <1992Aug20.075613.29666@u.washington.edu> <1992Aug20.135538.21312@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> <1992Aug21.061452.25921@news.Hawaii.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 13:58:51 GMT
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- ressler@galileo.ifa.hawaii.edu (Mike "IR" Ressler) writes:
-
- >A major nit: GIFs are 8-bit, but the SVGA modes (256-color) on these cards
- >are 6-bit - 256 out of 256K colors, not 256 out of 16M colors. GIFs on a
- >640x480x24-bit screen look a little better than on a 640x480x256-col
- >screen. If you don't believe me, write a program which displays half the
- >image in 6-bit per gun resolution (simulating a standard SVGA screen), and
- >the other half in the full 8-bits per gun. The difference becomes
- >especially apparent when you start blowing up the image.
-
- >Summary: for GIFs on a PC, Truecolor > SVGA > Hicolor.
-
- >Mike
-
- This 6-bit primaries thing is another legacy we have IBM to thank for.
- I wonder if it would be possible to coax the 24X to use the full 24bit
- RAMDAC with the 800x600 and 1024x768 256 color modes? I'm still
- waiting for the data book on the 24X.
-
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- Bailey Brown "Above all else, confusion reigns."
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