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From: xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu (Marc Barrett)
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Subject: Re: Color palette correction (NeXT)
Message-ID: <1991Apr21.084554.14077@news.iastate.edu>
Date: 21 Apr 91 08:45:54 GMT
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In article <1991Apr20.224627.26851@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell) writes:
>  Ahh, so the NeXT has a 12bit display. My definition of 'bit display'
>is the number of bits per pixel. For instance, most people
>incorrectly called some Mac and VGA display cards '24bit'. Actually
>these cards are 8bit (can only display 256 colors simulataneously) while
>their palletes are 24bit (16M colors).

   This shows your incredible ignorance about Apple display cards.  
Apple currently produces three video cards for the MAC II line.  Of
these, only one is 8-bit.  The other two -- the 8/24 and 8/24GC --
are true 24-bit video cards in every sense of the word.  BTW, that
one video card that isn't 24-bit can be made into a true 24-bit
video card by merely adding memory to it.

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