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Received: from sloth.swcp.com (sloth.swcp.com [198.59.115.25]) by nacm.com (8.6.10/8.6.9) with ESMTP id JAA29978 for <executor@nacm.com>; Tue, 19 Sep 1995 09:21:17 -0700 Received: from iclone.UUCP (uucp@localhost) by sloth.swcp.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) with UUCP id KAA00757; Tue, 19 Sep 1995 10:21:13 -0600 Received: from gwar.ardi.com by mailhost with smtp (nextstep Smail3.1.29.0 #11) id m0sv5P2-000YdaC; Tue, 19 Sep 95 10:20 MDT Received: by gwar.ardi.com (linux Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0sv5P2-000GVEC; Tue, 19 Sep 95 10:20 MDT Message-Id: <m0sv5P2-000GVEC@gwar.ardi.com> Date: Tue, 19 Sep 95 10:20 MDT From: mat@ardi.com (Mat Hostetter) To: Thurman Gillespy <tg3@u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Please test my program In-Reply-To: <Pine.A32.3.91j.950919085709.19189I-100000@homer21.u.washington.edu> References: <m0sv4xm-000GVEC@gwar.ardi.com> <Pine.A32.3.91j.950919085709.19189I-100000@homer21.u.washington.edu> cc: executor@nacm.com Sender: owner-paper@nacm.com Precedence: bulk >>>>> "Thurman" == Thurman Gillespy <tg3@u.washington.edu> writes: Thurman> Should have been a bit more explicit here. Dr Razz Thurman> handles 16-bit _grayscale_ images, common in medical and Thurman> scientific images. The program runs best in 8-bit Thurman> graphics mode. Ah, OK. Another thing you should know is that Executor does not yet take advantage of VESA extensions that allow for 8:8:8 bit DACs on some SVGA boards, so right now you always get 6:6:6 bit DACs. That ends up limiting you to 64 distinct shades of gray instead of 256. -Mat