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- VGA COLOR
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- A VGA Palette Changer
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- Copyright (c) 1991, Milan Shah
- All Rights Reserved.
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- Milan Shah
- 897 Main Street #12
- Cambridge, MA 02139
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- WARNING: THIS PROGRAM IS TO BE USED ONLY WITH 16 COLOR VGA AND SUPER-VGA DRIVERS
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- Do you run Microsoft Windows with a VGA or Super VGA card in 16 color mode? Did
- you know that your card is capable of selecting those 16 colors from a palette
- of 262,144, but you are forced to use those 16 colors that the manufacturer
- happened to favor? The VGACOLOR utility will unleash the full capabilities of
- your VGA or Super VGA hardware.
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- If you run Microsoft Windows with a VGA or Super VGA card at any resolution
- with 16 colors, then the VGACOLOR utility will let you select the 16 pure
- colors from a choice of 262,144. You can make your blues deeper or your
- whites grayer. Setting colors to your choice will not only help your vision
- but also reduce flicker on many monitors (bright colors seem to flicker more
- than darker colors).
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- To use VGACOLOR, simply copy the files VGACOLOR.EXE, VGACOLOR.INI,
- VGACOLOR.TXT, and VGACOLOR.WRI to a directory (for example, c:\utils\vgacolor).
- Then, using the "Run..." command of the Program Manager or other shell, simply
- run VGACOLOR.EXE. Or, if you want, you can install the VGACOLOR icon in a
- Program Manager group (for example, in the Accessories group) and double click
- on the VGACOLOR icon. This will cause a fairly self-explanatory dialog box to
- be displayed.
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- At the top is a group of 16 boxes, each with a different pure color. Select
- the color you wish to modify by clicking on the corresponding box. The box to
- the extreme left indicates the color currently selected. If you don't have a
- mouse, you can type in Alt-C (hold down the Alt key and type in C, then
- release both), and then use the arrow keys to move among the 16 boxes. When
- you have moved to the color you want to select, press the space bar. In either
- case, the three scroll bars will indicate the current Red, Green, and Blue
- values of the selected color.
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- To change these values move the appropriate scroll bar. If you don't have a
- mouse, you can either tab over to the appropriate scroll bar, or press Alt-R
- for red, Alt-G for Green, and Alt-B for blue, and then use the left and
- right arrow keys to move the scroll bar control. When you have set the colors
- to your liking, press the OK button. If you want to abort the color change,
- press the Cancel button.
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- Ok, so what's the Save button for? VGACOLOR lets you save the current settings
- so that you can load them at startup time. VGACOLOR is a shareware utility, and
- this feature is not enabled until you register the product with the author. A
- registration of $15 is requested, and will go towards many more hours of
- hacking and a formal education. If you have a registered version of VGACOLOR,
- you can simply put "VGACOLOR.EXE" in your "load=" line in your win.ini file,
- and VGACOLOR will automatically set the colors to your settings when you start
- windows. It will not display any dialog box, and will not take up any memory.
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- The VGACOLOR utility is also a polite utility - it does not change your win.ini
- file. Nor does it require you to put certain files in the already overloaded
- windows directory. All VGACOLOR.* files can be put in a separate directory.
- If you decide not to continue using VGACOLOR, simply delete VGACOLOR.* from
- the directory in which you installed it, and your setup will remain unmodified.
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- Disclaimer and Warning:
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- VGACOLOR SHOULD BE USED ONLY ON VGA AND SUPERVGA CARDS WITH 16 COLOR DRIVERS.
- Attempt to use it on other cards and with drivers other than 16 color ones
- might cause the system to cease functioning. The author is not liable for any
- damage, direct or indirect, arising from the correct or incorrect use of the
- VGACOLOR program. Use of the program constitutes agreement with this
- disclaimer and absolves the author of all liability.
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- How to register:
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- To register, please send a cheque made out to Milan Shah for $15, and send it,
- along with your name, address, and preference of 3.5 inch or 5.25 inch disk to:
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- Milan Shah
- 897 Main Street #12
- Cambridge, MA 02139
- (617) 491-5815
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