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From: jpenne@ee.ualberta.ca (Jerry Penner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: APPLEFEST IMPRESSIONS
Message-ID: <1990Dec18.172048.14601@ee.ualberta.ca>
Date: 18 Dec 90 17:20:48 GMT
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In article <1990Dec18.030212.11445@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Steven Chiang writes:
>In article <1990Dec18.015350.9171@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu> Collin Douglas writes:
>>
>>  There was a frame grabber for the Apple II that would digitize 256 * 256
>>with lots o gray scale or color at 60 fps.  I'll see if I can dig up the
>>article about it.
>>
>
>	There aren't 256 shades of grey, only 16.  256 colors is
>feasible though, and something untapped by developers.

> _______________________________________________ _______________
>| Steve Chiang	    Apple //gs forever          | Coming Soon:  | 

Yes, but there might be on this card.  Which is what I'm sure he was
referring to.  In the real world, there are far more than 256 shades of
gray.  Take a look at any politician. :-)

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    Jerry Penner	alberta!bode!jpenne	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada