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From: tim@ism780c.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Reactions to IBM PC2 graphics
Message-ID: <5919@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Apr-87 16:59:21 EST
Article-I.D.: ism780c.5919
Posted: Thu Apr  9 16:59:21 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 11-Apr-87 14:49:32 EST
References: <10726@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> <1582@husc6.UUCP> <713@dragon.tc.fluke.COM> <621@puff.WISC.EDU>
Reply-To: tim@ism780c.UUCP (Tim Smith)
Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica CA
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Keywords: VGA Killer graphics

In article <621@puff.WISC.EDU> beilke@puff.WISC.EDU (Matthew Beilke) writes:
<  The IBM on the other hand does not have this capability, and therefore
<  have to use the same approach as the Mac II.  (i.e., 1 bit plane
<  for 2 colors, 2 bps=4 colors, ..., 8 bps=256 colors.

The Mac II will also let you do 256 colors as 1 byte plane.  This
can make bitblt very easy to write ( look Ma, no shifting! ).

I don't know if the IBM allows this mode.
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