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- From: ins132g@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mike Battersby)
- Subject: 15/24 bit Color Questions...
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- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 12:46:52 GMT
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- Greetings All,
-
- Lately I've noticed (and its hard not to thesedays) that people
- are tending to move away from 256 color displays and into displays which
- have more bits of color, and basically I I'm extremely interested in
- such video cards.
-
- Now, I know about the Sierra Hi-Color DACs, and I can buy a
- et4000 based clone card and plug in one of these DACs and get 15bit
- colour with a minimum of fuss and cost. What I want to know is:
-
- Is there a VESA standard for Hi-Color modes, and if so is
- there a program for the et4000 cards to provide compatability with
- this? Also can Windows 3.1 use the Hi-Color modes?
-
- Mostly what I'm interested in finding out about though, is
- the availability and type of 24 bit cards:
-
- * Is there a DAC you can plug in for 24bit color as with Hi-Color?
- * Considering I dont need a graphics accelerator, and am trying
- to minimise cost (arent we all), what sort of 24 bit cards are
- around?
- * Is there a VESA standard for 24bit color? Which boards support it?
- * Is there windows 3.1 support for 24bit color?
- * Is 24bit color worth the effort over Hi-Color, considering that
- I'm not using it for commercial purposes, but for my own amusement
- value and sense of aesthetics?
-
- regards
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