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From: asd@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Kareth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: IIgs resolution and colors
Message-ID: <4300@mace.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 2 Mar 90 18:59:58 GMT
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In article <2488@ttardis.UUCP> rlw@ttardis.UUCP (Ron Wilson) writes:

>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).

I can't claim to know a heck of a whole lot about this, but in order to
do this (in my understanding), ya have to do all kinds of nifty
interrupt routines and the alike.  This method is fine for just
displaying screens, but not that great for anything useful.  Spending
all/most of the cpu time just keeping the screen up isn't my idea of a
workable graphics mode.

>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.

No, it isn't.  I've seen 3200 color viewers (I wonder, were there
really 3200 colors?) that looked DAMN good.  But all they could do was
just the demo.  Ya couldn't have a screen that looked like that and be
able to do anything else at the same time.

While we are on the subject tho, are there any more 3200 color pics out
there for that 3200color viewer, ya know, the one that does the really
cool bald eagle pic, and some picture of a girl (or was it a clown?).
Okay, sue me, I don't know the name of the program.  But there were only
about 3 pictures posted or sent out.  I figured there would be more.  Or
at least a program to generate more pictures from standard pics.  The
author had to create them didn't he?  Are there more of these pics out
there, and is the program to create them in PD???  I'd really like to
get access to it if it is.  Any info would be appreciated.

-k