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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: 256 colors in background???
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.181442.27125@midway.uchicago.edu>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:14:42 GMT
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- In article <Bxs1yy.H5H@ucunix.san.uc.edu> balesej@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Eric J Bales) writes:
- >I'm using the new Tseng 256 color drivers (1024x768), and can't get the
- >background to display in 256 colors. Is there something specia that I
- >must do? I've also noticed that Windows programs which play with the
- >palette mess things up in the background, even when those programs aren't
- >in the foreground or running anymore. Thanks for any help...
-
- Try the "BGA" screen backgrounds, available via anonymous ftp from
- ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. If those work, you've got 256 colors.
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