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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: 256 colors with VGA OR Where is the Doctor
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.174640.19410@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Date: 2 Jan 93 17:46:40 GMT
- References: <Mark_Morrill-231292103200@mac84081.educ.ualberta.ca>
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
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- In article <Mark_Morrill-231292103200@mac84081.educ.ualberta.ca> Mark_Morrill@itc.educ.ualberta.ca (Mark Morrill) writes:
- >I would like to have 256 colors with VGA. Windows can do it, so why can't I
- >have it in OS/2 v2?
- >Actually, we are probably just going to use XGA if I can't find 256 colors
- >on VGA. This will mean that our users will have to shell out extra money to
- >upgrade to XGA if they only have VGA. Nah, they'll just not use the
- >product.
-
- Amusing little anecdote you've got there (:-)), but, in order to
- provide some assistance, one key bit of information is necessary,
- namely what sort of SuperVGA adapter are you using?
-
- There is NO hardware standard for SuperVGA; hence, you need a driver
- specific to your video adapter. (Well, that's an oversimplification.
- Actually, IBM has succeeded in writing a "generic" set of drivers that
- works with several SuperVGA adapters. But I digress.)
-
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