[SDL] Madbomber for PDAs :)

[David Olofson]

On Tuesday 29 January 2002 09:57, Ryan C. Gordon wrote:
> > -They are almost always 320x240, 16-bit. The iPAQ uses a 4-4-4 RGB
> > packing, with 4 unused bits per pixel. The Zaurus, I believe, uses
> > a 5-6-5 packing. In any cases, these displays are almost always
> > 16-bit. We can optimize for this.
>
> It's probably naive to believe this will be true for very long...do you
> think it's unlikely that the next generation of PDAs are going to be
> 24-bit color?

Well, lots of laptops - even the one with big, nice screens - seem to 
make use of only 18 bits, but 24 bit modes are still interesting, 
especially for software rendering. (Then again, how long until we see the 
first ultra low power version of a portable 3D accelerator chip in a PDA?)


> I also wouldn't be surprised to find higher resolutions in the same
> screen dimensions.

Likely. 320x240 isn't much even in that size. (What do fonts look like, 
actually? Does it even make senes to use antialiazing?)


//David Olofson --- Programmer, Reologica Instruments AB

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