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From: mitroo@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Varun Mitroo)
Subject: Re: Colour Palette on a ColorStation
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Date: Sat, 13 Apr 1991 21:58:43 GMT
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In article <495@rosie.NeXT.COM> sstreep@elvis (Sam Streeper) writes:

>By the way, NeXTstation hardware does NOT utilize color lookup tables.
>In other words, every pixel has a specified color rather than an index 
>into a table that specifies the color.
>
>If a system has 256 colors onscreen from a pallette of 4096, that means
>every pixel has 8 bits specifying an index into a color table
>with 256 entries, each of which is a 12 bit color specification.  Color
>lookup tables have a few keen features, but they can also be a big pain
>in the rear.
>

Does this mean that the color station  is capable of only displaying 16
shades of gray?  That seems quite limiting for some uses.

-- 
			Varun Mitroo
			mitroo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu

