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From: grw@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (George Wu)
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Subject: ColorStation questions
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Date: 24 Apr 91 08:29:48 GMT
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I am thinking about buying a color NextStation but I have been
somewhat alerted by some recent rumors about its capabilities.  It
will be greatly appreciated if someone can verify these rumors'
validity.

    Rumor 1:
      It is known that the color NextStation can display 4096 colors
    simultaneously using 4-bits per pixel for R,G, and B.  Someone
    thought this meant only 16 gray levels can be displayed ever !  Is
    this true ?  This is very important since I need to display 256
    gray-level images.  I know there is a display PostScript processor
    that dithers the image but I am not sure if it can dither to 256
    gray levels.


    Rumor 2:
      Someone said the color NextStation display is 3-4 times slower
    than the monochrome NextStation.  Does this mean real-time
    animation is impossible to do on the color NextStation ?


   Thanks in advance to any help.