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From: ifar355@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang)
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Subject: Re: Stellar 7 re-release
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Date: 11 Dec 90 20:21:52 GMT
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In article <14704@smoke.brl.mil> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
>In article <2445@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU> alfter@uns-helios.nevada.edu (SCOTT ALFTER) writes:
>>...since when did CGA let you pick from 4096 colors?)
>
>I like my IIGS, but I would never claim that its SHR graphics is very good.
>The nearest PBM PC family equivalent is somewhere between CGA and EGA, so
>"CGA-level graphics" is not too far off.

The GS's SHR graphics are definitely better than CGA. Although the resolution
leaves much to be desired, if you look at the 320x200 mode, which is used
in most games for both the GS and the IBM, I would put the GS's graphics
between EGA and VGA.

The GS has 16 colors out of a pallete of 4096 on one scan line, and 16 palletes
so you can easily get 256/4096, and with some timing, 3200/4096, although I
don't think an animation-intensive game would be able to use the 3200 color
mode.

IBM VGA in 320x200 mode has 256 colors out of 262,144 right? I think GS
graphics come pretty close to that. Now if the GS could get 640x480 or
1024x800, I would be very happy :-)


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