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From: francis@daisy.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke)
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Subject: Re: Reason for Mac LC delay
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Date: 14 Nov 90 22:45:10 GMT
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In article <10273@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> careyk@uhccux.UUCP (Carey Kinoshita) writes:
>I just saw a couple of 8 Bit Color Pictures on a Mac LC with the new Apple
>12" RGB Monitor and the color was nothing compared to what you get on a 
>Mac II/13 RGB Monitor.  The color on the Mac LC looks like the color you
>get on a Nintendo or a Commodore 64.  I wonder what a Mac II/12 RGB Monitor
>combination would look like.  This would clear up whether it is the Mac LC
>or the 12 RGB Monitor that is making the color look this bad.

Is it the color or the resolution? The resolution on the new monitor
is about 64 dpi, instead of the 72 dpi we've been used to.
(Also, have you seen said pictures on a II--i.e., the same ones?
Maybe you're just looking at something with a lousy color scheme.)

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