Xref: utzoo comp.graphics:2705 comp.sys.ibm.pc:16688 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mandrill!gatech!udel!rochester!cornell!uw-beaver!uw-june!roper From: roper@june.cs.washington.edu (Michael Roper) Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: MS Windows 2.03 Software Development Kit Keywords: How to get 16 colors in MS Windows Message-ID: <5180@june.cs.washington.edu> Date: 25 Jun 88 20:47:41 GMT References: <9588.1988Jun23.17:43:16@mill.me.toronto.edu> Followup-To: comp.graphics Organization: U of Washington, Computer Science, Seattle Lines: 36 couch@mill.me.toronto.edu writes: > > Pixels in a scanline are represented by one bit per colour. > The problem with this arrangement is that only eight colours > can be specified. I want to use the full 16 available with > the VGA standard. Microsoft Windows has always used 3-plane bitmaps because they were concerned about performance. However, there is at least one driver for EGA systems which supports 4-plane bitmaps, providing 16 colors. The driver is called "EGA-16" and is available for about $40 from: hDC Computer Corp. 15379 N.E. 90th St. Redmond, WA 98052 phone (206) 885-5550 fax (206) 881-9770 Unfortunately, it does not support VGA, although it works fine with a VGA in EGA mode. hDC is currently working on VGA-64, which would provide 64 colors in some VGA modes. I don't know when they expect to ship. EGA-16 also comes with a Windows utility for setting your 16-color palette (from up to 256 available). If it matters, I work for hDC, although not on EGA-16. -- Mike Roper * "I think I'm going to sneeze." ARPA: roper@june.cs.washington.edu * "A Klingon?" "Sneeze?" UUCP: ihnp4!uw-beaver!uw-june!roper * "It's the only kind I know."