[comp.sys.mac.programmer] 24bit color card emulator

hasses@prism.cs.orst.edu (Stephen Haase) (05/16/91)

I was in class yesterday and I wondered if it was possible to emulate 24bit
color in software. I'm running a IIci w/8bit color which is fine for most 
everything, except viewing high quality pictures. I collect GIF's and pictures
in other formats(~110 megs in GIF'sa alone) and I have some that are 24bit
color. Unfortunately I can only view them when I dither them to 256. I realize
that any emulation of such a monster would be horrendously slow, but for what
I want, it would be adequate. Since I have never even heard of any such animal,
sharwware or commercial, I thought that it just might be impossible, but then I
thought that if they can emulate a 286 with vga, then why not 24bit color card?
I'm just learning how to program Mac Applications, so pardon my ignorance if
this is a stupid question...
steve
hasses@prism.cs.orst.edu