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From: rjc@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ray Cromwell)
Subject: Re: Color palette correction (NeXT)
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In article <1991Apr21.084554.14077@news.iastate.edu> xgr39@isuvax.iastate.edu writes:
>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.

  Well excuse me Mr. Mac, but I was talking about the standard 8bit
color card Apple puts in Color Macs. A lot of people refer to these
as 24bit because they have a 16M color palette. Now for the gotcha,
go read comp.sys.mac.system and watch people talk about how slow
their Macs become in 24bit mode.

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