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From: evtracy@sdrc.UUCP (Tracy Schuhwerk)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 24/32 Bit Color
Message-ID: <179@sdrc.UUCP>
Date: 18 Oct 90 13:02:33 GMT
References: <33786@nigel.ee.udel.edu>
Organization: SDRC, Cincinnati
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From article <33786@nigel.ee.udel.edu>, by byrne@muppet.dnet.ge.com:
> 
  [ Text about human preception of 16 million colors deleted ]
> But why 32 bit?

  The extra planes over 24 could be used as a Z-buffer for 3D object
  rendering.  There are machines on the market that have 80 plane
  graphics (Apollo DN10000 with top of the line graphics hardware) 
  but the planes over 24 are used for Z-buffers etc.o
 
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