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From: rickfor@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Rick Forrest)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Neptune Voyager Pix directly viewable on Amiga
Message-ID: <5029@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM>
Date: 6 Sep 89 16:20:30 GMT
References: <21728@cup.portal.com> <2497@pur-phy> <PORTUESI.89Sep5102058@tweezers.esd.sgi.com>
Reply-To: rickfor@ncrcae.Columbia.NCR.COM (Rick Forrest)
Organization: NCR Corp., Engineering & Manufacturing - Columbia, SC
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In article <PORTUESI.89Sep5102058@tweezers.esd.sgi.com> portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes:
>In article <2497@pur-phy> murphy@pur-phy (William J. Murphy) writes:
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>   it will allow more gray scale approximations.
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>
>G and B.  It is limited to sixteen greyscales no matter what display
>mode you choose.  They can all be displayed in a high-res image.
>\/  Michael Portuesi	Silicon Graphics Computer Systems, Inc.

Uh, i've heard it said before here on the net (don't know if it was
confirmed or not) that a HAM pic displayed thru the monochrome video out
on the 500/2000 gave you more shades of gray. For what it's worth.

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Rick Forrest.