VAX graphics

[Richard]

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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