On Mon, 9 Oct 100 slumped@thekeyboard.com wrote:

> Hello David,
> 
>   DAG> It's adequate for 640x480, but not at 256 colors.
>      > That requires exactly 300k.
> 
> Read my message again, I wasn't talking about 640 x 480, but
> 640 x 400 (exactly 250Kb at 256 colours).

Oops.  Misread a digit.  Yeah.  That'd work.  :-/


>   DAG> (Me and my friendship with non-square pixels....)
> 
> You could have square pixels at any resolution, you would
> just need to set the picture's aspect ratio appropriately.

Sure.  640x400 is 16:10, so had widescreen tubes (16:9) been common back
then, it would have fit pretty well.  :-)


David

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