Macintosh LC and Macintosh LC II: 16-Bit Color


John Sculley said something at MacWorld about the support of "thousands"
of colors with 16-bit color on the Macintosh LC. Is that true?

Yes, it is true. This was announced at the introduction of Macintosh LC.
The product is called the Macintosh LC 512K VRAM SIMM (M0517LL/A) and was
made available in February 1991.

The standard Macintosh LC and the new Macintosh LC II support these video
configurations:

- Macintosh 12-Inch Monochrome Display: 2, 4, or 16 shades of gray

- Macintosh 12-Inch RGB Display: 2, 4, 16, or 256 colors

- AppleColor High-Resolution RGB Monitor (13-inch): 2, 4, or 16 colors

With the Macintosh LC 512K VRAM SIMM (M0517LL/A) installed, the Macintosh
LC and Macintosh LC II support these video configurations:

- Macintosh 12-Inch Monochrome Display: 2, 4, 16, or 256 shades of gray

- Macintosh 12-Inch RGB Display: 2, 4, 16, 256, or 32,000 colors

- AppleColor High-Resolution RGB Monitor (13-inch): 2, 4, 16, or 256
colors

Note
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The Macintosh LC and LC II do not support full 16-bit color, which allows
over 65,000 colors.


Published Date: Feb 18, 2012