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From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Speed improvements with 32-bit CQD installed?
Message-ID: <1990Feb19.175406.12946@intercon.com>
Date: 19 Feb 90 17:54:06 GMT
References: <6751@eds.ericsson.se>
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Reply-To: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
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In article <6751@eds.ericsson.se>, rif_xu@eds.ericsson.se writes:
> Is there any use in using the 32-bit patch on a standard MacII (256 colours)
> when I don't have a 24 (or more)-bit card) installed? Are there any speed
> improvements even for a 256-colous MacII? Anyone noticed improvements?

There are not any very noticable speed improvements, although 8 bit deep
stuff may be a little quicker.  The biggest benefits I have found are:

 - you can view 16 and 32 bit deep PICTs and they will be dithered into 8
   so that you can see a reasonable facsimile of the image

 - the palette handling seems very much improved

 - One a monchrome monitor, colors are now mapped by luminance, which looks
   quite a bit better than old Color Quickdraw.

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Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation

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