Re: A89: Internet Link and images
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Re: A89: Internet Link and images
Daniel7073@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 01/11/1999 2:52:26 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> TurboSoft@aol.com writes:
>
> > Would images also be supported (maybe .gif and .jpg only) or would that not
> > make sense because the screen is b/w? unless greyscale was utilized...
> > it just gets bigger and bigger...
>
> I think that text only would be best. Remember, the TI has only 188k of RAM,
> and we can't even count on all of that being free. Even if you display a
> 8-bit image in 7 color grayscale, it still takes up 1 byte per pixel.
>
> Daniel Imfeld
no.. It takes 3 bits per pixel, but it is still a lot.. I think a textbrowser
like lynx would be best.. (the simplest is ofcourse still to have just vt100
emulation and connect to an ISP with shell and run lynx/wattever on the remote
shellserver :)
//Olle
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