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From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: MS Windows 2.03 Software Developmen
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Date: 25 Jun 88 15:51:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald    Jun 25 10:51:00 1988


>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.

I called Microsoft yesterday asking about just this problem. It seems
that Microsoft themselves supports only 8 colors in Windows. However,
the standard they define allows for more. At least for EGA and VGA 
some company sells a 16 color driver to go with a program they sell.
It wasn't clear if they sell it separately; I didn't write down the
address since for my application users can't afford to pay for
extra drivers-  I think it is silly that Microsoft doesn't use all
the colors available, but that's the way they are. In any case,
apparently money can solve this problem.

Doug McDonald