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From: wicks@umbc3.UMBC.EDU (Mr. Tony Wicks )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Hi-res graphics ??
Summary: IT DEPENDS ON CHIP RAM NOT TOTAL RAM
Keywords: HIRES
Message-ID: <2650@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>
Date: 22 Dec 89 20:57:29 GMT
References: <2370@tukki.jyu.fi> <25260@cup.portal.com>
Reply-To: wicks@umbc3.umbc.edu.UMBC.EDU (Mr. Tony Wicks (MMA))
Organization: University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Somebody correct me if I'm wrong but:
	In HIRES (640 Horizontal) you can have up to 32 colors as long
as you are not using INTERLACE (400 Vertical) which will only allow 16
colors on a HIRES screen.  You can also get 32 colors or a 320 x 400
screen I think (I'm not sure about this one).

	All of this is mostly independent of how much FAST RAM that
you have (as long as your application isn't memory hungry).  What I
mean by this is that the 512K that comes on a lowly A1000 will allow
me to have an INTERLACE workbench (4 colors) and an application that I
wrote myself (640 x 400 x 16 colors) at the same time.  Of course I
have to shut down practically everything else (Mach) and close most of
my Workbench windows.  On an A200 w/1MB of CHIP RAM you should be able
to do even better than this.

Tony Wicks
wicks@umbc3.umbc.edu