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From: lori@hacgate.scg.hac.com (Lori Barfield)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: live video for Apollo ?
Message-ID: <6525@hacgate.scg.hac.com>
Date: 20 Dec 89 17:45:50 GMT
References: <8912200320.AA00775@lnic1.hprc.uh.edu>
Reply-To: lori@hacgate.UUCP (Lori Barfield)
Organization: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA
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In article <8912200320.AA00775@lnic1.hprc.uh.edu>
poole@LNIC1.HPRC.UH.EDU (Steven W. Poole) writes:
>256 bit ????? 

Uh, whoops.  (red face here!)  Meant 8-bit, 256-color plane....

An enhanced graphics frame buffer would have 8-bit color table
addressing, so you can have 2^^8 colors.  We had a 8-bit-plane
enhanced graphics card in our DN580T until we discovered Dialog has
a few serious bugs with this hardware (SR9).  I never saw it in
action, but they've said this card was fast.  And of course, the
extra colors could transform a simplistic-looking color interface
into a professional-looking, high-tech display.

Would someone out there please explain enhanced graphics cards?
I ain't hardware, and salespeople have been no help....


...lori