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From: martinm@sgi.com (martin)
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Message-ID: <1990Oct17.140329.16776@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Date: 17 Oct 90 14:03:29 GMT
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In article <1990Oct16.153559.4068@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> corkum@csri.toronto.edu (Brent Thomas Corkum) writes:
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>monitor, 56 bit planes, z buffer, 

just a picky point, 56 planes total, not 56 bit planes and a z-buffer. 
it breaks down as follows

24 bits framebuffer
24 bits z-buffer
4  bits wid planes (not user accessible)
2  bits popup planes
2  bits overlay planes
----------------------
56 bits total

(57 if you count the cursor bit too. )
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