c60b-id@buddy.Berkeley.EDU (Teh Kao Yang) (05/16/89)
Does the JRI 4096 board allow more than 16 colors on the screen at once?? If so, could this board possibly be thought of as an expansion graphics board for the Atari as the EGA/VGA boards are to the IBM? Can we expect software to be written (games and graphics programs) that would take advantage of the board??
cs163afu@sdcc10.ucsd.EDU (Some call me...Tim) (05/17/89)
In article <13835@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> c60b-id@buddy.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Teh Kao Yang) writes: > Does the JRI 4096 board allow more than 16 colors on the screen >at once?? If so, could this board possibly be thought of as an expansion >graphics board for the Atari as the EGA/VGA boards are to the IBM? > Can we expect software >to be written (games and graphics programs) that would take advantage of the >board?? The JRI 4096 color board allows you to have just that--a palette of 4096 colors. You are getting an extra bit of color resolution for each of red, green, and blue. This does not change the basic graphics modes on the ST, however. This means you still get 16 colors in low res, and 4 colors in high res, only selected from 4096 colors now instead of 512. As for software--due to the nature of this board, it will be VERY easy for developers to include support for the board in all future products. I know for a fact that certain products will be released in the near future that support the board, but I also am not able to announce these same products. Sorry. It won't exactly be like EGA/VGA for the IBM, as the various IBM resolutions are not usually compatible with one another, and this will be extremely compatible with everything--in fact, I'm told this will be one of the features the Atari ST+ will have. That makes it valuable to developers who want to get a jump on developing software for that new extension of the ST line. Tim Mensch tmensch@ucsd.edu