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From: logajan@ns.network.com (John Logajan)
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Subject: Re: Graphics on the STE - v. generally speaking...
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Date: 12 Apr 91 06:10:12 GMT
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In article <1039@stewart.UUCP> jerry@stewart.UUCP (Jerry Shekhel) writes:
>VGA simply has 6 bits per primary color, for
>a total of (2^6)^3 = 262,144 colors, with 256 palette entries.  No tricks,
>no horizontal-sync interrupts, none of that crazy stuff.  On a monochrome
>monitor, you get 64 levels of gray.

Perhaps there is more than one way to VGA.  I do know that there are
palette chips for sale that include a 256 entry table and three built
in DAC's (digital to analog converters).  I forget if they had 5 or 6 bits
per color though. 5 per would fit in two bytes while 6 per would need three
bytes.

Oh, and the palette chips claim to be VGA compatible.

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