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From: gwe@cbdkc1.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Video memory and the Mac II
Message-ID: <2476@cbdkc1.ATT.COM>
Date: Thu, 22-Oct-87 07:36:39 EST
Article-I.D.: cbdkc1.2476
Posted: Thu Oct 22 07:36:39 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 25-Oct-87 10:03:17 EST
References: <11827@decwrl.DEC.COM> <1049@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: gwe@cbdkc1.UUCP ( George Erhart x4021 CB 3E373 CIN )
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Columbus
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In article <1049@cup.portal.com> Mark_Peter_Cookson@cup.portal.com writes:
>see them on a 128-SE, but I guess they were thinking ahead.  The only diffenece
>between the old and new QuickDraw is that the new has access to 16 million
>colors at 256 at a time.  As to your other question, I think that the memory
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought the new color quickdraw would work
for a full 24-bit plane system ... The 256 color-at-a-time limitation is a
limit of the current Mac II video card technology. I thought that SuperMac or
someone was working on a full 16 million color system using 3 of their 8-bit
color cards.

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George Erhart at AT&T Bell Laboratories Columbus, Ohio 
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