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0 pointsahoka1y ago0 comments

Original NeXT was monochrome, so of course it used no significant colors in the UI.

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The original NeXTcube was 4-bit grayscale, but there was a graphics card available which supported 24-bit colour. The later NeXTstations supported 12-bit colours without any additional hardware.

rbanffy1y ago

> was 4-bit grayscale

Small nitpick: it was 2-bit and could do two greys in addition to black and white.

teddyh1y ago

Thank you. I actually knew that; I was thinking “4 shades”, and then wrote “4-bit” by mistake.

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teddyh1y ago

The original NeXTcube was 4-bit grayscale, but there was a graphics card available which supported 24-bit colour. The later NeXTstations supported 12-bit colours without any additional hardware.

rbanffy1y ago

> was 4-bit grayscale

Small nitpick: it was 2-bit and could do two greys in addition to black and white.

teddyh1y ago

Thank you. I actually knew that; I was thinking “4 shades”, and then wrote “4-bit” by mistake.

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