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- From: d90-mla@nada.kth.se (Mats Lanner)
- Subject: Re: 24bit color and OS/2...
- Message-ID: <1992Sep15.070008.18490@kth.se>
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- Organization: Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
- References: <1992Sep14.213200.169257@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>
- Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1992 07:00:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Sep14.213200.169257@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, ry01@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ROBERT YUNG) writes:
- |> Say I have a 24bit card that only displays 24bit color in 640x480 resolution.
- |> If the card also has a 1024x785x256 color mode and I set it up to that, could
- |> I still see 24bit graphics in a 640x480 size window or do I have to reconfig
- |> and reboot? If the latter, such a card would only be great under DOS since the
- |> operating system is not resolution dependent. Thanks!
-
- I don't have OS/2 (I lack the hardware to run it, but I'm working on it), but the
- answer to your question is no. It isn't possible to display a 24-bit window on a
- screen with 8-bit depth. It may be possible to implement, but I wouldn't want to
- try it. This has nothing to do with what OS you are running.
-
- A solution would be to have a driver that would allow you to select screen depth
- (like the Monitor control panel on a Macintosh) on the fly, not requiering a
- reboot. I have been told that it is possible to write such drivers for *that other
- popular windowing os:ish*, but I haven't seen any.
-
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