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From: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: 2 bit grayscale, Visual - is it worth it?
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.151505.8360@erbe.se>
Date: 13 Feb 91 15:15:05 GMT
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In article <4742@goanna.cs.rmit.oz.au> ajk@wren.cs.rmit.OZ.AU (Alan Kent) writes:

>We have a number of Visual XTurbo19 X-terminals. Aparantly there is a
>greyscale option for them. Has anyone tried them? Any feedback about
>reliability, speed etc? I have been told a lot of X software tends to
>go crazy with unusual numbers of bit plains (ie. not 1 or 8). Have
>people noticed this with 2 bit planes?

I've only came across two pieces of software that requires me to turn
the greyscale off. They are FrameMaker 1.3X and an older version of
xloadimage (2.00, if my memory serves me right). I believe that the
latest version of xloadimage as well as FrameMaker 2.1X works with two
bitplanes.

>In particular I am interested in whether MOTIF and XView make good use
>of the greyscales with their 3d look.

Yes. Having greyscale is definitely a plus for those applications, but
they look reasonably good on b&w terminals as well.

-- 
Robert Claeson

Disclaimer: I represent myself and not my employer.