mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (06/25/88)
>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