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From: bayes@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Scott Bayes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: 1280x1280 cards and windows
Message-ID: <1170002@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM>
Date: 18 Jan 91 20:28:35 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Loveland, CO
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> No, I don't think 3000K is excessive for a card with more than 9 times the
> area as a card of standard size, 512x342.
> 
> HyperCard buffers bitmaps in fully expanded form -- that's what makes going

But I have an SE, bit-per-pixel, yes?, and I still can't seem to do a
decent sized card in the standard 1000k partition.  I tried about an
800x1000 window (should be 1000*800/8=100kb give or take), and had to
kick the partition to 1800KB to get paint tools to work.

> from card to card so fast.  And that's why HyperCard needs a 750K partition
> for cards the size of the Classic's screen, 3000K for cards bigger than a
> two-page display.
> 
> Kevin Calhoun
> HyperCard Team
> Apple Computer, Inc.

Scott Bayes