Re: Commodore 128's VDC graphics superior to GS VGC graphics?

[CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)]

On 26 Mar 1998 05:36:36 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>Is the Commodore 128's graphics chip, the VDC, superior to the
>VGC graphics chip of the GS?  I saw this in comp.sys.cbm....

[comp.sys.cbm post with lots of interesting information: snipped]

>With graphics like this, who needs a Second Sight.  Can it really be
>that the C128's graphics are superior to the GS?

Well, for one, none of the modes listed can go higher than 16 colours.

To me, colour depth is much more important than resolution, although
resolution does help a lot too.  The difference can easily be seen
using a Windows machine.  Going from 16 colours to 256 colours makes a
huge difference in the quality of images even though the resolution
doesn't change.  Going from 256 colours to 64k or 16.7M colours is
another huge difference, again without changing resolutions.

Therefore, I need a Second Sight so that I can have high resolution
graphics with lots of colours.

PS:  The Second Sight can also do higher resolutions than the C128 as
it can definitely do 800x600, which the snipped post said might be
doable, but the SS can also do 1024x768.

PPS:  If only the Video Overlay Card could allow me to lose the border
so that I can overlay on the entire screen instead of just the
rectangle in the middle.  :-/

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