rif_xu@eds.ericsson.se (02/17/90)
Is there any use in using the 32-bit patch on a standard MacII (256 colours) when I don't have a 24 (or more)-bit card) installed? Are there any speed improvements even for a 256-colous MacII? Anyone noticed improvements? BTW: Is the patch a INIT or what? How does one now that the patch is installed? Thanks in advance Sigge Ruschkowski Ericsson Components Sweden kjr@kkeka1.ericson.se
amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) (02/20/90)
In article <6751@eds.ericsson.se>, rif_xu@eds.ericsson.se writes: > Is there any use in using the 32-bit patch on a standard MacII (256 colours) > when I don't have a 24 (or more)-bit card) installed? Are there any speed > improvements even for a 256-colous MacII? Anyone noticed improvements? There are not any very noticable speed improvements, although 8 bit deep stuff may be a little quicker. The biggest benefits I have found are: - you can view 16 and 32 bit deep PICTs and they will be dithered into 8 so that you can see a reasonable facsimile of the image - the palette handling seems very much improved - One a monchrome monitor, colors are now mapped by luminance, which looks quite a bit better than old Color Quickdraw. -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation "Many of the truths we cling to depend greatly upon our own point of view." --Obi-Wan Kenobi in "Return of the Jedi"