Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!decwrl!purdue!i.cc.purdue.edu!j.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!uiucdcs!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: MS Windows 2.03 Software Developmen Message-ID: <45900136@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 25 Jun 88 15:51:00 GMT References: <1988@<9588> Lines: 14 Nf-ID: #R:<9588:1988:uxe.cso.uiuc.edu:45900136:000:737 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