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From: es1@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Ethan Solomita)
Subject: Re: CDTV News
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References: <1991Jun30.092929.22762@news.iastate.edu> <13636@uwm.edu> <1991Jun30.205817.4347@news.iastate.edu>
Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1991 22:00:14 GMT

In article <1991Jun30.205817.4347@news.iastate.edu> barrett@iastate.edu (Barrett Marc N) writes:
>In article <13636@uwm.edu> gblock@csd4.csd.uwm.edu writes:
>>Okay.  Now you can hold on.  Who the hell ever said they were
>>COMFORTABLE????  I'd love 8bit graphics.  I don't want a 24bit graphic
>>chipset.  It's a bad idea.  That's for graphic boards to handle, and
>>for DIG to deal with, IMHO.  What is needed now is an 8bit graphic
>>chipset to compare directly with VGA.  Argh.
>>
>   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adopt 8-bit color, right when 8-bit color is obsolete.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.  
>
	Obsolete for what purpose? Video work? Games?
Productivity? Those are three different markets with three
different needs. Admittedly, the Amiga's graphics are beginning
to lag. But you've already just said that if Commodore does what
the productivity market may need (8 bit, with perhaps 24 bit
palette), you'll trash them anyway.
	It seems like unless they satisfy all three criteria you
will yell at them for not being so good in the others.
Productivity needs (spreadsheets, databases, etc.) will not move
past a 1Kx1K 16 color need for quite a while. Maybe more colors
will be useful. But then again, they can get 1Kx1K with 4 colors
(the same as that great NeXT) right now.
	-- Ethan

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