Re: TIB: Re: TI-ZINE Starting-be a writer!!
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Re: TIB: Re: TI-ZINE Starting-be a writer!!
Richard Piotter wrote:
> > You can't do true grayscale on any TI calc, you can only do _fake_ grayscale.
> > Fake grayscale is controlling how fast you turn a pixel on and off, and
> > depending on this rate, you get different shades.
>
> Uhh... My TV does _Fake_ color, cause it has 3 separate colors and you just
> think thay are one cause they are too far away to see individual pixels. A
> _Real_ color TV would have a single pixel that lights varying colors depending
> on the intensity of it's singnal, and not three colors "mixing" due to distance.
>
> Note my _sarcasm_
>
> Grayscale is grayscale, regardles of HOW it's done. Is a TV a FAKE color TV
> cause it uses separate colors??? NO!!! Grayscale is grayscale! If it's a time
> delay or a voltage based grayscale, who cares! IT WORKS! The great thing is we
> actualy CREATED GRAYSCALE on a device that was NEVER DESIGNED to do grayscale!
> It's quite an amazing thing realy! We've pulled off so much! I don't think TI
> ever though people would be playing DOOM clones in grayscale or listening to
> music while playing PJ][!!! Did they ever think you could make a temp
> sensorfor under $10 or have an RF link??? Did they ever plan on making it
> possible to add an external Memory device??? NO!!! We figured out these
> things. Grayscale is grayscale! If the calcs use _fake_ grayscale, then my TV
> uses _fake_ color!
Uhh.. a TV is built to mix red, blue, and green to get all the different colors. A
TI is only built to have a pixel be on or off. True grayscale is actually adjusting
the brightness/darkness of a pixel - not flashing it on and off.
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Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@ticalc.org>
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