Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!usenet Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Mac Lc vs IIgs A+ Message-ID: Date: 16 Feb 91 04:05:01 GMT References: <9102040001.AA14006@apple.com> <3815.27bc5207@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY Lines: 17 Nntp-Posting-Host: jec418.its.rpi.edu In article <3815.27bc5207@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> jwwalden@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (Darc Tangent) writes: >In article <9102040001.AA14006@apple.com>, MQUINN@UTCVM.BITNET writes: >> -The GS can display 3200 colors. The LC can display 256 > >The GS can display 16 colors. Yes, you can switch palettes every scan line, >but you can do that on any machine (i.e. you can get 256 * 342 colors on the >standard LC). From: mvk@itsgw.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent) Path: mvk The GS can display 256 colors without dedicated CPU cycles. The GS has 16 palettes built into its video hardware. This allows 16*16=256 colors WITHOUT cycling. This is currently the standard video mode for new software. I would expect that 3200-color mode would become the new standard within a year on the GS, while the Macintiosh will probably never cycle colors. (It doesn't need to for one thing.) Michael Kent mvk@itsgw.rpi.edu