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From: wayneck@tekig5.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Spectrum 512 allready outdone?
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Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 17:39:11 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 24 17:39:11 1987
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> In article <8711171046.AA09562@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, 
> 
> Yes, how do they do that? I'm quite sure the ST can really only display
> 512 colours, maximum, as that is directly related to the number of
> bits from the shifter feeding the D/A converters which feed the RGB
> outputs. (3 bits for each colour = 8 levels of each colour. 8 x 8 x 8
> gives 512 colours. Period.) I wonder if this program, and another I saw
 
Yes and no.  One thing that can be done is to use two pictures and page flip
between them.  Two different color will merge to a new color.  One has to be
careful though to keep the intensity of the two different colors close 
together or else it flickers.
                               Wayne Knapp