Re: Apple IIgs video modes?

[irsman@iastate.edu (Ian Schmidt)]

In article <carl.203.0@busop.cit.wayne.edu> carl@busop.cit.wayne.edu (carl@busop.cit.wayne.edu) writes:
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>I am new to Apple IIgs computers and I was wondering if someone could list 
>its video mode specs, like resolution and color.  From what I remember I 
>heard it could do a maximum of 256 colors on screen, but only 16 different 
>ones per scanline out of a palette of 4,096.  But then I've seen these 
>pictures that claim to be 3,200 colors.  So what's the scope?

Easy.  3200 color displayers swap the palettes while the screen is refreshing.
It's basically a software version of the Amiga HAM technique.



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