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From: ifar355@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (David H. Huang)
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Subject: Re: More extended graphics on the IIgs
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Date: 21 Jan 91 20:22:12 GMT
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In article <35978@netnews.upenn.edu> tyler@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Tyler W Phillips) writes:
>
>	Why does the alternating colors only yield 32 total.  You (meaning an
>uninformed you) would think that you could make any combination of 2 colors
>which would yield 15! (In other words, a lot) colors.
>
>P.S.  I think this would look great with a Zip or Transwarp
>
>tyler@eniac.seas.upenn.edu

15! would be a combination of 15 different colors, not 2. BTW, my trusty HP
sez that 15!=1.307674368E12. That would be a lot of colors :-)

There would only be 32 different colors since gray 4 and gray 6 will make
gray 5, which already exists. The possible intensities from this method are
0, 0.5, 1, 1.5, ..., 14.5, and 15. Hmmm... I guess that only makes 31 grey
levels...

Also, I don't think a Zip or a Transwarp would make much of a difference
in terms of the picture quality... the screen can only be refreshed 60 times
a second.


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