The Apple IIgs' unique approach to 16 colors @ 640px with a 32K framebuffer

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Any examples of this horrific sounding mode ? Brings back memories of the Atari 7800 and Mode 320A/B/C/D..

Yep, I just "tooted" a few screenshots in a discussion yesterday. When rendered on a CRT, the effect is shockingly good.

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It makes for a far better color 80-column experience (maybe for ANSI term emu) than that offered by, say, the Atari ST which had a strict 640-mode 4-color limit (but was a rather faster machine). Of course, they had some pretty creative "solutions" over there, I must say (TAZ terminal).

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