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From: lindahl@violet.berkeley.edu (Ken Lindahl   642-0866)
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Subject: Re: Mac IIfx Quesitons
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Date: 26 Mar 90 19:12:59 GMT
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In article <8799@chaph.usc.edu> talcott@nunki.usc.edu (Adam Talcott) writes:
>In a recent ad in the Wall Street Journal (March 19, 1990) a few sentences in
>Apple's ad for the IIfx caught my eye and generated a few questions.
...
>
>Question: Exactly what type of processors are these and what are they doing?
>

There are two dedicated I/O processors that handle low-level I/O tasks
for the floppy disk drive(s), Apple Desktop Bus, and serial ports. Don't
know what type of processors they are: they appear to be Apple-designed.

>The ad also says, "...the new Apple 24-bit color card...gives you the ability
>to work with as many as 16.8 million colors..."
>
>Question: How many can it display at one time?

Depends on the size of your display: a unique color (from a palette of 16.8
million) can be assigned to each pixel. If your display were 1000x1000 pixels,
you could display 1000000 colors. I doubt that the picture would be very
interesting, though :-)

>Adam Talcott
>talcott@nunki.usc.edu

Ken Lindahl					lindahl@violet.berkeley.edu
Advanced Technology Planning
Information Systems and Technology
University of California at Berkeley