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In article <1992Aug10.085720.57998@cc.usu.edu> sl8nl@cc.usu.edu writes:
>>>Michael Abrash numbers them 0-3.  Maybe we ought to stay with an "authority"
>>>on the subject.
>> 
>> The VGA hardware numbers them 1, 2, 4, and 8.(*) I'd say that was the
>> ultimate authority. ;-)
>> 
>> (*) These are the numbers you put into the low order nibble of the Map
>> Register in order to select each bitplane.
>
>Ah, but that is the Map mask register.  What about the Read Map register which
>numbers them 0, 1, 2, and 3???

;-)

I guess this really is a sort of moot discussion; I'll always refer to
them as 0-based and sequentially numbered. Usually it becomes clear in
context, even though there are several mutually exclusive ways to number
the bitplanes.