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Re: Graphics Programming on the Apple II (was: Wow! This guy is good!)
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Wed, 7 Jun 2000 04:35:48 GMT
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Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
The green/purple color shifting had nothing to do with color CRT shadow masks
-- it was present on hex-grid TV's as well as Sony Trinitron TV's.  It was
a function of the video chips in the Apple ]['s circuitry.  A

I agree that the underlying hardware is completely different, but the net
result of having subpixels is similar, and leads to remarkably similar
software solutions. (So much so that I hope it counts as prior art, 'cause
it is an interesting and useful technique.)


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  Re: Graphics Programming on the Apple II (was: Wow! This guy is good!)
 
(...) MS's Cleartype and the way Woz did Apple ]['s hires graphics mode are a world apart, actually. And the Apple ]['s 1/2-pixel horizontal shifting was the same on color monitors as green/black monitors -- that is, from the same video signal if (...) (24 years ago, 7-Jun-00, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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