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From: tagreen@lothario.ucs.indiana.edu (Todd Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
Subject: Re: So, does *anyone* make 1024x768 x256 for the A3000?
Message-ID: <1991Apr26.221340.2583@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Date: 26 Apr 91 22:13:40 GMT
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In article <911@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor) writes:
>In <1991Apr24.211729.19270@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> tagreen@lothario.ucs.indiana.edu (Todd Green) writes:
>
>
>>I think you mean 24 bits of information or a 24-bit plane, (i.e. 24
>>bits of information for each pixel) and not 24 planes per se.
>
>Todd, what's the difference?

My lack of knowledge of terminology ;).  I guess I'm used to the Mac
where you have "chunky" pixels. (That is the color Macs.  Other Macs
support chunky/planar and planar pixels).

> [Dan's explanation deleted]

>So, there is NO difference in the color resolution between a "24-bit"
>display and a display that supports 24 bitplanes.

Correct. Sorry for my yapping of the mouth.

Todd

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