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From: torrie@cs.stanford.edu (Evan Torrie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: (Video) Hardware Idiots ?
Message-ID: <1991Jun9.184849.4299@neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 9 Jun 91 18:48:49 GMT
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es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita) writes:
>>   The fact is, it is right now impossible to have a Workbench with more
>>than 16 colors and a non-interlaced resolution higher than 640x480.  This
>>is inadequate compared to the very nice 256-color display you can get on
>>the MAC LC, for instance.
>>
>	First off, my workbench is 732x480, small point. Second,
>I don't WANT a 256 color display! In fact, I don't even want 16
>color, at least not on my workbench. Those colors are useful for
>DISPLAYING an image, but I don't feel comfortable WORKING with an
>image in that many bitplanes. Way too slow.

  Would you WANT a 256 colour display if it were fast enough?  
Saying you don't want something because it's too slow at the moment
isn't allowing for the future when such a system may be fast enough.
(for example, the 8/24 GC card on the Mac is certainly more than
fast enough for 256 (and even 16 million) colour displays).


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