On Sun, 8 Oct 100 slumped@thekeyboard.com wrote:

> Hello Emile!
> 
>   ES> But do not forget that you will have 16 colors (640 *
>     > 480) instead of 256 (512 * 384) except if you have
>     > 512 K of VRAM (then it is 256 colors instead of 32768)
> 
> I'm guessing the stock LC has 256Kb of display memory, which
> is adequate for 640 x 400 in 256 colours on an appropriate
> monitor.

It's adequate for 640x480, but not at 256 colors.  That requires exactly
300k.  At best, if the hardware allowed it, you could get 6.8 bpp.  So for
all practical purposes, 6 bpp, or 64 colors.  Unfortunately, I think the
closest the hardware got to that was 4 bpp, which is 16 colors.
Interestingly enough, you could have gotten up to 512x512 in 256k, too....
Anyway....  (Me and my friendship with non-square pixels....)


David

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