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123 bytes added, 17:02, 21 January 2011
/* MO6 and TO8 */
Also TO9/TO9+.
The 2nd generation of 8 bit thomson computers got the addition of the 3 bitmap video modes (no attributes) of the Amstrad CPC/PLUS, alongside the "heritage" (legacy) 320x200x16 attribute based mode.
But the palette have been upgraded into a 4096 colours 12bit palette, the same as on the unreleased at the time Amstrad PLUS range (and of course the Commodore Amiga... and many other computers and consoles).
Those Bitmap video modes are :
'''*160x200x16'''
'''*320x200x4''''''*640x200x2'''
*640x200x2 Minus the lack of Hardware sprites and raster interrupt facilities (still doable on Thomson machines), the MO6 and TO8 are actually superior (in graphics) to the Amstard Amstrad PLUS Range due to the attribute based mode in addition to the 3 "CPC-like" modes, and largely superior to the Amstrad CPC due to the awesome Palette.
[[File:RGB 12bits palette color test chart.png]]
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