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From: aimd@castle.ed.ac.uk (M Davidson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Purchase decision, to STe or not?
Message-ID: <6480@castle.ed.ac.uk>
Date: 25 Sep 90 17:13:47 GMT
References: <4619@crash.cts.com> <1990Sep24.054555.624@ecst.csuchico.edu> <1990Sep25.021056.1425@nmt.edu>
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In article <1990Sep25.021056.1425@nmt.edu> jcksnsr@nmt.edu (Jeffrey C. King) writes:
>  Thats wrong!  The STe incorporates an extra bit plane in several new graphics
>modes.  The extra bit plane is what allows 32 colors without resorting to a
>seperate color map (ALA Spectrum, GIF's and I belive VGA).  As I recall, the
>graphics modes on the STe are 320x200x16, 640x200x4, 640x400x1 (to remain
>compatible with the ST) as well as 320x200x32, 640x200x16 and 640x400x4 plus
>  I believe there is also a new Hi-Rez mode somethink like 1280x800x1  
>  (One spec I saw listed in Current Notes stated that the STe and TT were to
>have remarkably similar graphics..)

This is the TT you're talking about - the STe only has an extra bit
colour resolution (ie. a choice of 16 rather than 8 R, G and B values).
The actual *screen* resolution is the same....

(Unless you know something I don't.....!)

-Mark.