kentd@FtCollins.NCR.com (Kent.Dalton) (02/12/91)
<8305855@arium.stgt.sub.org> writes, RE: 640x400x2 : > Well should mean 'two bitplanes' what gives a choise of 4 colours. > > TschauTschau > Bernd I'm pretty sure you're wrong, at least in the context of how the numbers were presented in the original article. To quote from the original post: > <good stuff deleted... > > > > What is also confusing is that the mono mode indicated in the manual > says two colors are available on the MEGA STe, from a palette of 4096, > at 640x400?! I of course can't test this as I only have the SM124 > to work on. > > < more good stuff deleted... > > > Graphics 320x200x16 > 640x200x4 > 640x400x2 > > Color 4096 Colors Proof: for 320x200 to have 16 bit planes the color pallette (sic) would have to be _at_least_ 65536. So, to summarize: #of possible colors to choose from = 4096, X rez = 640, Y rez = 400, # of simultaneous colors for display on screen = 2 Sorry for the repost, to any who understood the first time, but I hate to see misinformation on the 'net. :^) Thanks, to the original reviewer by the way! -- /**************************************************************************/ /* Kent Dalton * EMail: Kent.Dalton@FtCollins.NCR.COM */ /* NCR Microelectronics * CIS: 72320,3306 */ /* 2001 Danfield Ct. MS470A * */ /* Fort Collins, Colorado 80525 * (303) 223-5100 X-319 */ /**************************************************************************/ Fortune: Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired. -- R. Geis