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From: bill@pro-gateway.cts.com (Bill Long, SysOp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: 24-bit color
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Date: 5 Dec 90 10:36:17 GMT
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I'm an Apple II user and try to somewhat keep up with the Mac world, and I
have a couple of questions about 24-bit graphics.

1) Why is 24-bit better than 32-bit?

2) How many of the 16 million colors can be on-screen at once?

Thanx...

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