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From: minich@d.cs.okstate.edu (Robert Minich)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Next intro: any effect on Mac _high-end_ prices?
Message-ID: <1990Oct1.220304.14829@d.cs.okstate.edu>
Date: 1 Oct 90 22:03:04 GMT
References: <10525@goofy.Apple.COM>
Organization: Oklahoma State University
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From article <10525@goofy.Apple.COM>, by lbl@applelink.apple.com (Barry Locklear):
| In article <4737@crash.cts.com> seanc@pro-party.cts.com (Sean Cunningham) writes:
|> Not wanting to really get into the NeXT =vs= Mac discussion...but I would like
|> to correct your statement that the new NeXTStations can't have more than 4096
|> colors, and that you can kiss 24bit color goodbye because that's a crock.
|>  
|> The 4096 onscreen colors in in NeXT's "low-end" color system.  You get 32bit
|> (24bits for color) accelerated graphics if you buy the NeXT i860 graphics
|> card.  Sure, it's just over $7K, but then again, I've seen the prices for some
|> of the Mac video cards...
| 
| The color card is called NeXTDimension, costs $3995, and is available for 
| the cube only.  They are *not* available for the NeXTStation.  The color 
| NeXTStation can display 4096 colors out of a palette of 16.7 million.  It 
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| also has 4 bits of alpha, making a total of 16 bits/pixel. This is the only 
| color option present at this time.  In additon, there is no i860 option available 
| for the NeXTStation.  This information was presented at the NeXT intro on 
| September 18th.
| 
| Barry Locklear
| Trying to add some light to the heat

  Bzzt. The nextstation w/ color has 16 bits/pixel: 4R + 4G + 4B + 4 Alpha. 
That's 4096 colors out of 4096. No palette involved there. Add a pair of (sun)
glasses to the hot, blinding light.

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