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From: gwyn@smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: {640,320}x400 resolution (was: IIgs case redesign)
Message-ID: <8428@smoke.ARPA>
Date: 4 Sep 88 07:35:13 GMT
References: <8808291037.AA02419@crash.cts.com> <8040@srcsip.UUCP>
Reply-To: gwyn@brl.arpa (Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn>)
Organization: Ballistic Research Lab (BRL), APG, MD.
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In article <8040@srcsip.UUCP> shankar@ely.UUCP (Subash Shankar) writes:
>Current (substantiated) rumors say that the GS+ will have a 640X400 4 color
>and 320X400 16 color mode.  ... they are probably interlaced.

Unless Apple is willing to require extremely expensive monitors,
they would have to use interlacing.  It will be nice to get those
ugly dark scan line gaps filled in.

>Then again, I can't think of a use of these modes ...

Excuse me, but the main reason I haven't been spending much time
programming my IIGS is that all my interesting applications need
much better resolution than 200 vertical.  If you can't think of
uses for a frame buffer then you're not very imaginative..