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From: kent@decwrl.dec.com (Christopher A. Kent)
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Subject: Re: color NeXTstation (and Weight of Monitor!)
Keywords: color NeXTstation 16 bit
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Date: 24 Sep 90 05:30:46 GMT
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With Display PostSCript, you don't deal with lookup tables any more.
You pick from a fixed pallete -- the RGB (or CMYK) color space, and
the interpreter renders your chosen color as closely as the hardware
can do so. On a 16-bit NeXT, you get 4096 distinct colors in the
destination color space. On a 32-bit, you get 2^24.
Chris Kent	Western Software Laboratory	Digital Equipment Corporation
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