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From: gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Gregory R Block)
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Subject: Re: CDTV News
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Date: 30 Jun 91 22:40:43 GMT
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From article <1991Jun30.205817.4347@news.iastate.edu>, by barrett@iastate.edu (Barrett Marc N):
>    One more thought... it would be very typical for Commodore to finally
> adopt 8-bit color, right when 8-bit color is obsolete.  Face it, 8-bit
> color is fast becoming obsolete, and all companies are moving past 8-bit
> to higher color capabilities.  CD-I is 24-bit, Apple has 24-bit video
> cards for the MAC and one system with 15-bit color practically built-in
> (on the LC, all the hardware for 15-bit color is there, except for the
> memory).  VGA is also moving past 8-bit color, as the new VEGA standard
> supports 15-bit color.  

My, my, how shallow of you.  Firstly, maybe 8-bit color is getting a
little old, but n-buffered 8 bit isn't, and neither would 15-bit ham
anims.  The difference with the mac is that it's DIGged up already, so
it doesn't matter what kind of graphics you use.  The more, the
better.  And there are applications that support 24bit dig on the mac.
That's it.  One evolutionary step away.  And frankly, the Mac doesn't
have animation in 24-bit, or even a good 8-bit card, built onto any of
their macs.  You're better of 3rd party.

Not even Apple expects its customers to look to Apple for everything.
Yes, they've got some nice stuff, but 3rd party is always better.  The
difference is the support you get for certain things.  DIG is already
there.  A 3rd party made VM, and then years later the OS got it.  A
3rd party made outline font technology, and then years later the OS
got it.  That's the macintosh way.  :)  But seriously.  The
evolutionary features aren't all that far away, and we'll be caught up
to standards soon enough.  Nobody can offer near-24bit quality
animations like us, either.  DCTV, Ham-E, and ColorBurst all go a
long, long way towards revolutionary products.  Hell, CD-I gets it's
15 bit graphics mode in a way similar to DCTV.

Greg
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