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From: wayneck@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM (Wayne Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 1024X800 Monitor
Keywords: How much memory?
Message-ID: <3101@tekig5.PEN.TEK.COM>
Date: 4 Aug 88 18:49:25 GMT
References: <1779@vu-vlsi.Villanova.EDU> <62474@sun.uucp> <5705@dayton.UUCP> <62722@sun.uucp>
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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In article <62722@sun.uucp>, cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) writes:
> because the A2024 is actually a "greyscale" monitor rather than a pure
> "black & white" monitor. You can display > 32 shades of grey with it so
> 2 bitplanes makes sense. One way to use two bitplanes is to set the 
> two intermediate colors to 33% grey and 66% grey. Then pretend you have
> a 2016 X 1600 screen and use the other colors for antialiasing. 
> 
Is this really true?  Sounds great.  So can I have a 640x400 display with
16 levels of gray?  Sounds pretty sharp if so.

                                    Wayne Knapp