Re: Missing 240 colors....

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From: John H. Kim
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 1990 17:26

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In article <59925@microsoft.UUCP> kensy@microsoft.UUCP (Ken SYKES) writes:
>In article <1990Dec7.222903.23860@midway.uchicago.edu> wer5@ellis.uchicago.edu (Will E. Rose) writes:
>> [can only get 16 colors + dithering, not 256 colors]
>
>Windows only uses the first 16 colors to produce dither patterns since they
>are the only colors they can count on being in the palette. ... A real
>palette-aware bitmap editor will support palette editing.

Okay, so the next logical question is:

What programs let you do this?
-- 
John H. Kim                 | (This space to be filled when I
jokim@jarthur.claremont.edu | think of something very clever 
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Subject: Re: Missing 240 colors....
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