sector@pro-exchange.cts.COM (Roby Sherman) (02/13/88)
I've recently looked at a few programs written by John Brooks.. These programs boast a "3200 conversion and display routine" that appears to give the GS 32 colors (or more?) on screen at the same time.. Has anyone figured out what this guy is doing? Whatever it is, do you think it could be put to a pratical use? (Graphics programs, games, etc.) Roby Sherman Oh.. What's even weirder about John's routines is that it seems to be similar to the Double Hi-res mode on the //e's, by mixing two images together.. When I went into the Control Panel, the picture went crazy, and once I exited the Control Panel, it took about 1 second for the picture to revert back to the "3200" mode.. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY IDEA!?!?!?!?!?!? Thanks... UUCP: [ ihnp4 cbosgd nosc ] !crash!pnet01!pro-sol!pro-exchange!sector ARPA: crash!pnet01!pro-exchange!sector@nosc INET: sector@pro-exchange.cts.com
sds@fizban.Fizban.MN.ORG (Steven D. Splinter) (02/16/88)
From article <8802141016.AA17065@crash.cts.com>, by sector@pro-exchange.cts.COM (Roby Sherman): > I've recently looked at a few programs written by John Brooks.. These programs > boast a "3200 conversion and display routine" that appears to give the GS 32 > colors (or more?) on screen at the same time.. Has anyone figured out what > this guy is doing? Whatever it is, do you think it could be put to a pratical > use? (Graphics programs, games, etc.) The II GS has a little-used (so far) feature. There can be up to 16 palletes for each Super-Hires Screen. In 320 mode, you can have 16 colors per pallette. Each line on the screen can use any of the 16 pallettes, giving the possibility of 256 colors on the screen at any on time, but only 16 on any one of the 200 vertical rasters. Perhaps this is what is being used? -- -Steven D. Splinter UUCP sds@fizban, meccts!fizban!sds -MECC Technical Services or sds@meccts, meccts!sds -How about a vacation in Minnesota this year? See the (10,000) loveli lakes. The wonderful telephone system, and many interesting furry animals.