RE: Safe greyscale graphics

[Bob Ebert]

At 6:42 PM -0700 10/22/99, Bob Ebert wrote:
>This will not even work on all devices that use the Motorola 328 CPU. It
>will only work on devices that use the LCD controller that's in the 328.
>Because the 328 LCD controller will not drive color LCDs, I think it's a
>safe bet to assume that some other LCD controller will drive any color device.

Well, I just saw the press release (excerpt below) from Motorola about adding color support to their next 328 chip, so I guess the above is no longer true!

However, hardware that runs PalmOS may not necessarily use the LCD controller in the 328. That's still true.

--Bob

New DragonBall VZ, Speed Upgrade for DragonBall EZ announced

AUSTIN, TX - Oct. 18, 1999

Motorola announced today a speedy new addition to its DragonBall?
microprocessor family with the DragonBall VZ? processor, and a
performance upgrade to the existing DragonBall EZ? microprocessor.
Running at 33 MHz, the DragonBall VZ is a fully code-compatible
device that doubles the performance of systems using a 16 MHz
DragonBall processor. Additionally, the new DragonBall VZ integrates
the logic needed to support color LCD panels on-chip. Motorola
simultaneously introduced a 20 MHz version of the popular DragonBall
EZ product. The DragonBall series is the DigitalDNA? product behind a
large number of portable, LCD-driven applications, including all
products using the Palm? Operating System (OS).

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