Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!rlcollins From: rlcollins@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Ryan 'Gozar' Collins) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Stellar 7 re-release Message-ID: <3171.276f552e@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Date: 19 Dec 90 16:55:24 GMT References: <9012171124.AA05760@apple.com> Lines: 25 In article <9012171124.AA05760@apple.com>, MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes: > On Fri, 14 Dec 90 23:26:45 GMT said: >>(I'm asking cause on my ST it standard to have 16 colors in 320X200 mode, >>but you can get 512 colors on the screen at a time, but this is only useful >>for looking at pictures, it requires to much CPU to make it useful for >>anything else.) > > REALLY? The ST requires CPU time to display all 512 colors? I didn't know > that! I'm foggy on how its done, but does some sort of palette switching to get all 512 colors on the screen at once. The downside is that it requires a lot of CPU time, and you can only have 48 different colors on a scan line. (but 256 color Gifs look really good though!!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ryan 'Gozar' Collins ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ o__)\ rlcollins@miavx1.BITNET / ) RC1DSANU@miamiu.acs.muohio.edu / / ____ R.COLLINS1 (On GEnie) /(____/__(_) o)_/ /) [ || ] Atari Computers, "There is no Substitute." [ || ] They're not just Vs lbh pna ernq guvf, lbh'er geniryvat // || \\ for breakfast gbb pybfr! // || \\ anymore ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Yea, right, thats what I said.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~