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From: shebanow@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Mike Shebanow)
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Subject: Re: Mac II color graphics
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Date: Fri, 6-Mar-87 21:34:18 EST
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Here is the scoop on Mac II graphics, X-Windows, etc.

The Mac II software (QuickDraw) supports up to 48 bits per pixel. The
current video board in the Mac II only supports 8 bits per pixel, with
a 24 bit pallette. However, if some company puts out the video board to
support it, there is no reason why you couldn't go much higher. Apple's
software has a color-map allocation scheme very similar to that used
by X-Windows. Not only that, but X-Windows is ALREADY running on the Mac II,
under A/UX (Apple's System V.2 UNIX). It was ported here at Berkeley.

All of this info comes from a demo I saw and from Apple's own press
releases.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS ACCOUNT

Andrew Shebanow