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

[Immortal Nephi <Immortal_Nephi@hotmail.com>]

On Jul 13, 1:05 am, Toinet <antoine.vig...@laposte.net> wrote:
> On 13 juil, 03:52, Immortal Nephi <Immortal_Ne...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Super High Resolution on Apple IIgs is supposed to have 256 colors on
> > 320x200 resolution for any games.  Only 16 colors can be used each
> > horizontal line on any games.  Do you have idea why Apple Computer,
> > Inc decided to design and limit 16 colors?  I wonder Apple IIgs do
> > have enough memory to hold 256 possible colors each pixel instead of
> > each horizontal line.  Please advise.
>
> it is just marketing. It is right to say that a SHR screen can hold up
> to 256 colors. Did Apple say per pixel?

Well.  I did remember reading King's Quest IV article on the website.
It stated many customers were very disappointed to see that King's
Quest IV is written in Perl to use 16 colors on SHR.  Sierra company
explained they were unable to overcome Apple IIgs' SHR limitation to
use 256 colors.

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.