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- From: ajackson@alladin.demon.co.uk (Action Jackson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.graphics
- Subject: Re: picture.datatype
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 16:51:05 GMT
- Message-ID: <826131157.21564@alladin.demon.co.uk>
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- geohei@ibm.net (Georges Heinesch) wrote:
-
- >Hi.
-
- >I've a couple of questions concerning the picture.datatype.
-
- >I'm using the picture.datatype 42.1 (or 40.4, same effect) to display some
- >8 Bit backdrops on my 256 color CV64 WB (Amiga 3000 with OS 3.1). I would
- >like to stick to 256 colors on this screen, since the new 43.668
- >picture.datatype is eating up too much memory on my system.
-
- >When I use the p.d versions above (40.4 or 42.1), the datatype only uses
- >140 out of 236 free pens. This is apparently done in order to keep some
- >free pens for later use. When I use "ObtainBetterPens" (V0.2) from Petter
- >Nielsen, virtually all pens are used (except 2 or 3), and on top of that, 2
- >pens, which are locked by the MagicWB-Deamon (or any other coor locking
- >tool), are used in the backdrop. I don't know is this is an undesired
- >effect of this tool, a limitation of the datatypes in general or just a
- >bug?
-
- >What do I have to do to use *all* free pens, and *only* *the* *free* ones,
- >in my backdrop picture, when displaying it on the 256 color WB screen.
-
- >Please forward any answers or suggestions into the newsgroups as well as
- >e-mail, since IBM seems to have some probs with the NNTP servers.
-
-
- Where do I get the new picture.datatype?
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