Re: High Resolution With 16 colors?

["Rob" <roberta@no-spam.inreach.com>]

Yeah, I've got to agree with you.  I've seen alot of post by Bryan and alot
of them are nothing more then criticisms on how the Apple II was
designed...guess he doesn't realize that in 1977 technology was alot more
primitive and then, like today, cost is a factor.  It's too easy to sit here
in 2003 and make comments about how things should have or could have been
done.

"Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> do you ever stop complaining about the Apple design ?
> geez, the Trash-80 of similar vintage had no colours, and huge block
> graphics at best.
> I sold my Trash-80 to upgrade to a colour hi-resolution Apple ][. (well
> hi-re at the time).
> The CBM Pet was just about as bad, and looked more like a cash register
than
> a computer.
>
> Mark
>
>
> "Bryan Parkoff" <BParkoff@satx.rr.com> wrote in message
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> >     I would like to ask why Steve Worniak designed Apple II to restrict
> only
> > 4 colors on high resolution 280x192.  Later, he fixed a bug to add two
> more
> > colors.  He should add 16 colors instead of 6 or 8 colors on high
> resolution
> > (Not Double High Resolution).
> >     Is it because the single byte is very restricted?  No excuse to use
> two
> > bytes to combine colors together.  What is the difference that he
designed
> > low resolution 40x48 to provide 16 colors first before high resolution?
> >     Think about the earliest resolution on IBM PC.  IBM PC had only
> 160x100
> > resolution with two colors.  It had 4x4 pixel font for 40/80 columns.
> > Please correct me if I am wrong.
> >     Why did IBM PC only show 4 colors (black, white, blue, violent) on
> > 320x200 resolution and another 4 colors (black, white, yellow, green) on
> > another 320x200 resoltuion.  Apple II's high resolution allows to
combine
> 8
> > colors together.  What is a problem with IBM PC?
> >     Please explain how Steve Worniak designed low resolution and high
> > resolution.
> >
> > --
> > Yours Truly,
> >
> > Bryan Parkoff
> > BParkoff@satx.rr.com
> >
> >
>
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