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From: meekins@CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (timothy lee meekins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: "Normal" colors and resolution...
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Date: 16 Dec 90 02:18:56 GMT
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In article <90349.004024AABENSON@MTUS5.BITNET> you write:
>In response to Ryan Collins asking about IIgs colors...
>
>Normally, without doing anything even remotely close to being tricky, you
>can get 16 colors (of 4096) on a 320 * 200 screen.  This is the graphics mode
>used by most games.

Actually...there are 16 palettes to choose from, so there are up to 256
colors (4096) to use...with no overhead...


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