Re: A89: Internet Link and images

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Subject: Re: A89: Internet Link and images
From: Daniel7073@aol.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 19:56:32 EST
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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

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