Path: utzoo!attcan!telly!lethe!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!unixhub!shelby!neon!torrie From: torrie@Neon.Stanford.EDU (Evan James Torrie) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc Subject: Re: 24-bit color Message-ID: <1990Dec7.065047.24520@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Date: 7 Dec 90 06:50:47 GMT References: <16343@cbmvax.commodore.com> Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University Lines: 21 hood@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Hood) writes: >Are you assuming that the system in question has had it's video memory >expanded to several megabytes? I thought that the Apple 8*24 card only >had enough standard memory to display 256 colors out of the 24-bit >palette on the screen at once. Am I missing something? Yes. This seems to be a common misconception though (I've seen many users in other newsgroups [c.s.a in particular] get this wrong). Apple's 8*24 card comes ready with enough memory to display true 24-bit color. You're thinking of Apple's 4*8 board, which can be expanded (by plugging in video memory) to an 8*24... Both these boards have a 24-bit palette, but the 4*8 can only display 256 of those at a time though. Apple should have just named these the Apple 8, and Apple 24 board in my opinion... -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Evan Torrie. Stanford University, Class of 199? torrie@cs.stanford.edu "And remember, whatever you do, DON'T MENTION THE WAR!"