"No one tried or needed to generate images with more than 256 colors since they could not be viewed on anything less than high priced graphics workstations."
Except that given this refers to the late 80's, Amigas had been displaying 4096 colors since the mid 80s. Not millions of colours until the early 90s but still a far cry from the 256 colours of the average PC.
(No, gif was not a native datatype, but the Amiga was remarkably ahead of its time with plug-able file formats.)
Except that given this refers to the late 80's, Amigas had been displaying 4096 colors since the mid 80s. Not millions of colours until the early 90s but still a far cry from the 256 colours of the average PC.
(No, gif was not a native datatype, but the Amiga was remarkably ahead of its time with plug-able file formats.)