28 Feb
2010
28 Feb
'10
10:31 a.m.
In article <4B8716A4.3050606 at softjar.se>,
Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
And I dare say, that picture have higher resolution,
and more depth than
my simple calculation above used [640x480 @8bpp].
Doubtful. I laughed when he said high resolution. It definately had
the appearance of an indexed color image; there was no indication of
smooth continuous tone shading as would be indicated by a 24bpp
display.
In 1986 Tektronix was shipping graphics terminals that had either 3 or
4 bits per pixel. I believe this was deemed high end for CAD graphics
terminals at the time. (Tektronix 4105)
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