Re: Apple II GS Questions

[gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Greg Berigan)]

In article <3643CAE0.319B@terra.cira.colostate.edu>,
Jeff Lemke <lemke@terra.cira.colostate.edu> wrote:

> The IIgs may have a palatte of 4096 colors to choose from, but it cannot
> display more than 16 of those colors at a time at most, if I remember
> right, and displays even fewer colors at higher resolutions.

It can do 16 colors per scanline.  It can do 256 colors per screen easily
without any special programming.  It can do 3200 colors simultaneously
utilizing scanline interrupts and switching palettes per scanline (or
every 16 scanlines).  Plus the border color.

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