Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ptsfa!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!decvax!decwrl!labrea!rocky!taran From: taran@rocky.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: 256 color mode on PS/2 Model 50 Message-ID: <399@rocky.STANFORD.EDU> Date: Wed, 8-Jul-87 02:09:43 EDT Article-I.D.: rocky.399 Posted: Wed Jul 8 02:09:43 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 11-Jul-87 14:36:08 EDT References: <35e61dc3.d5c4@apollo.uucp> Reply-To: taran@rocky.UUCP (Lee Taran) Organization: Stanford University Computer Science Department Lines: 15 Keywords: VGA, Video Modes, PS/2 LUT In article <35e61dc3.d5c4@apollo.uucp> tbg@apollo.uucp (Tom Gross) writes: > Can anyone tell me how to use the 256 color mode > with the VGA board? Hacking around, it appears that > it may be mode 19. Is that right? Yep. It's video mode 13 hex. > Is the technical reference manual available? The IBM technical manual does exist. I am not sure how "available" it is but it does exist. I've looked at it briefly and there seems to be a few inconsistencies in the way they've described things. For example, in one place they describe mode 13h as "bit-plane" and in another place they describe it as pixel-packed "memory-mapped"...sigh... ---Lee, taran@rocky.stanford.edu [long live the Amiga!]