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From: twolf@homxb.ATT.COM (T.WOLF)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ST Resolution vs. Amiga Resolution
Summary: somebody stop it!!!
Message-ID: <2884@homxb.ATT.COM>
Date: 27 Jan 89 23:40:43 GMT
References: <8901261651.AA12611@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: AT&T BL Holmdel NJ USA
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In article <8901261651.AA12611@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, WILLIAMS@UCF1VM.BITNET (Erik Williams) writes:
> Peter da Silva writes:
> 
> >This is not possible. The Atari has a maximum possible resolution, using every
> >trick in the book, of something like 262 by 704 by 512 colors. The Amiga has
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
reads:                                  262 *  704  * 512

...deleted stuff...

> Sorry Peter, but my ST would love to have a talk with you.  The ST's maximum
> resolution in color is 640x320 with a maximum color pallette of 4096 colors in
> Medium res and 16 million colors in low resolution (mind you, you have to do
> some major tweaking with TOS to do this).  High resolution monochrome is
... deleted stuff..

Before you attack someone else's statements, at least do some simple math.
For crying out loud, the author admitted that the ST could display OVER
16 million colors.  In case you are a little weak on math:

                 (262 * 704 * 512 = 94,437,376) >> 16,000,000

So that your "brag" of the ST's 16,000,000 didn't add ANYTHING to the
discussion.  It didn't even qualify as a "brag".

Notice I'm not saying that I agree with the author's claim that the ST
could display this many colors  -- as a matter of fact, I seriously doubt it.


Why do people keep insisting on comparing their machines to others'?  I guess
there will always be folks wanting to match "the Jones' Next Door!

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(none of these remarks reflect any of my own beliefs - much less my employers)

-- 
Tom Wolf
Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ			E-mail:  twolf@homxb.att.com