multi plane <> grayscale ??

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From: Chris Rouch
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1990 15:05

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I'm running X on an HP multiplane monochrome workstation. I thought this
meant it would be a grayscale machine yet all the colours are either
balck or white. Was I wrong about this or didn't I configure the build
properly. And if I was wrong, what is the purpose of a multi plane machine?

Chris
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Chris Rouch                                             crouch@axion.bt.co.uk
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From: crouch@crunchie.axion.bt.co.uk (Chris Rouch)
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Subject: multi plane <> grayscale ??
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