Re: Apple Computer, Inc made mistake to do SHR?

[SlickRCBD <slickrcbdnews@gmail.com>]

On Jul 13, 2:38 pm, Toinet <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
> On 13 juil, 20:31, Immortal Nephi <Immortal_Ne...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> (cut cut)
>
> > Think why?  Why were 16 colors duplicated in each palette?  King's
> > Quest IV is capable to display 16 color palette each horizontal line
> > so the picture would look 3,200 colors.
>
> Displaying 3,200 colors on a IIgs is really CPU consuming and would
> not let enough cycles for the program itself. That is why 3,200 colors
> images are only fixed images and are not animated.
>
> antoine

Not to mention I don't think the technique was rolled out until after
KQIV was released. I remember it came out fairly late in the IIGS
product lifecycle.