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Article #3450Re: Changing the system pallette
From: Hans van Oostrom
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 00:39
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1991 00:39
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In article <1991Jun27.080453.19297@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, mike@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Smithwick) writes... >[] > >I was working with my programmer today trying to change the system color >pallette from that funky set of garish bright colors to a support >an 8 element gray scale. Anyone have any examples of how this is done, as >the discussion in the reference manual isn't working. > From an article in a recent PC magazine (environments) by Petzold I read that the standard VGA driver of windows does not allow pallette changes. The grays demo program that is provided in that article proves it. You might be able to do this with other vendors 'standard' vga drivers, but I haven't tried that. Hans van Oostrom PO Box J-254, JHMHC hans@ufpine (BITNET) Gainesville, FL 32601, USA hans@pine.circa.ufl.edu (INTERNET) >>> Hoe ver je ook gaat, overal zie je landgenoten <<<
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!gatech!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!uflorida!pine.circa.ufl.edu!hans From: hans@pine.circa.ufl.edu (Hans van Oostrom) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer Subject: Re: Changing the system pallette Message-ID: <29427@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 28 Jun 91 00:39:06 GMT References: <1991Jun27.080453.19297@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: hans@pine.circa.ufl.edu Organization: University of Florida - Dept. of Anesthesiology Lines: 19 News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.3-4