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From: rlw@ttardis.UUCP (Ron Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: IIgs resolution and colors
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Date: 2 Mar 90 16:12:40 GMT
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In article <8776@wpi.wpi.edu>, dseah@wpi.wpi.edu (David I Seah) writes:
>In article <1580@crash.cts.com> tsouth@pro-pac.cts.com (System Administrator) writes:
>>I'd have to disagree about the NEED for higher resolution in games.  While
>>CAD and other high definition work would SINCERELY benifit from a 640x400 (or
>>480!) screen I feel that in the game department the one thing seriously
>>killing the //gs (besides speed) is the fact that we only have 16 colors on
>>the 320x200 game screen.  This is the SAME as a frickin Commodore 64 folks!
>
>More relevant to the color issue, our choice of 16 from 4096 colors is
>a heap of a lot better than the C64's fixed palette.  With this range
>of colors, artists have quite a bit more freedom in choosing harmonious
>and mind-affecting color schemes.  But as a novice artist I'd have to
>tell ya that ONLY 16 colors really, really stinks!  It certainly does
>train you in the wise choice of colors and judicious application of
>dithering techniques.
>
>Dave Seah | O M N I D Y N E  S Y S T E M S - M |   Internet: dseah@wpi.wpi.edu 

After reading these several threads reguarding graphics and color resolution of
the IIgs, it appears to me that people are forgetting the fact that each scan-
line of the IIgs SHR screen can be independantly assigned to any one of 16 color
pallets (not to mention, independant selection of the 320 and 640 modes).

GRANTED this method of increasing the number of available colors is awkward, it
does make dithering much easier, AND it allows different regions of the screen
to have different color pallets.

DON'T get me wrong - I would vastly prefer more color choices per pixel than 16,
it *IS* very limitting - EVEN with multiple pallets available - I just want to
remind the world that the current IIgs isn't quite as bad as many people think
it is.