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From: maclab@reed.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac II
Message-ID: <5587@reed.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 16:18:26 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  4 16:18:26 1987
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Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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In article <10231@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>, rburns@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Randy Burns) writes:
> I had heard that the Mac II would have 15 bits of color per pixel. It 
> sounds like this has been reduced to 8 bits per pixel. Is this true?

Theoretically, Color Quickdraw can handle up to 32 bits per pixel.
The current Mac II graphics card can only handle up to 1/2/4/8 bits per pixel.


> Also does the new mac handle its color as 8 seperate planes or is each 
> pixel a contiguous area in the bitmap.

Color QuickDraw specs indicate that it *will* support chunky (continguous
pixels) and planar pixel organization -- currently, it only supports
chunky pixels.



Scott Gillespie
Reed College