> Bitplane graphics Fun fact regarding bitplane: a friend of mine realized that he could use only 16 colors instead of 32, have all colors from, say, 0 to 15 b

> Bitplane graphics Fun fact regarding bitplane: a friend of mine realized that he could use only 16 colors instead of 32, have all colors from, say, 0 to 15 be black, then clear the whole screen by zero'ing only the first bitplane (so effectively only blitting one-fifth of what would typically need to be blitted in case you wanted to clear the whole screen between two frames). Problem is: running the Amiga in 16 colors mode (instead of 32) was faster than using that trick in 32 colors mode. However... That trick worked on the Atari ST. It was a very fast way to clear the whole screen. But as the Atari ST only had 4 bitplanes to start with, then you'd end up with only 8 usable colors if you used that trick. We're talking decades ago, but I'm pretty sure I remember this correctly (as in: we actually tried and timed all this on both the Amiga and the Atari ST back in the days). > I wonder how hard it is for people who were not old enough back then to properly place these machines in their historical context. Yup, what an era. At least I've got my Raspberry Pis today.