dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) (12/10/89)
In my games posting, I listed Chuck Yeager's AFT as being a program
that worked on any bit depth screen.
One person told me that this was the case. It only produces 16 colors,
but that it didn't require you to change the screen depth.
Can anyone out there confirm or deny this? If it isn't true, I got
lucky, since I almost bought it a couple of weeks ago, and would
have wasted my money.
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"It's bigger than a breadbox, and smaller than the planet Jupiter."kingman@tci.bell-atl.com (Matt Kingman) (12/13/89)
dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) writes: >In my games posting, I listed Chuck Yeager's AFT as being a program >that worked on any bit depth screen. >One person told me that this was the case. It only produces 16 colors, >but that it didn't require you to change the screen depth. >Can anyone out there confirm or deny this? If it isn't true, I got >lucky, since I almost bought it a couple of weeks ago, and would >have wasted my money. Well, I just tried it out and it does run on any bit depth screen... in monochrome. If you have a color monitor and want it to run in color you must set the screen depth to 4 bits (16 colors). /Matt -- Matt Kingman Technology Concepts Inc. Sudbury, MA. (508)443-7311 ...!uunet!tci!kingman kingman@tci.bell-atl.com TCI is not responsible for my opinions, nor I for theirs...
wiseman@tellab5.TELLABS.COM (Jeff Wiseman) (12/14/89)
In article <478@tci.bell-atl.com> kingman@tci.bell-atl.com (Matt Kingman) writes: >dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) writes: > [stuff deleted] >>One person told me that this was the case. It only produces 16 colors, >>but that it didn't require you to change the screen depth. > [stuff deleted] > >Well, I just tried it out and it does run on any bit depth screen... >in monochrome. If you have a color monitor and want it to run in color >you must set the screen depth to 4 bits (16 colors). I have an SE but when I really need to "unwind" I'll take my AFT disks to work and run it on one of the macIIs there. I have run it at 256 colors. It seems like they tried to make it 256 because there are some interesting color combinations but the 16 color seems a little nicer and I THINK that it seems to run smoother (quicker). AFT on a macII is a blast and the program will take advantage of the larger screen. Some people say that they like other programs better but I've always enjoyed AFT. It is a little rough on the edges and the documentation lacks but still, being able to race against 3 of your own best races is pretty neat. -- Jeff Wiseman: ....uunet!tellab5!wiseman OR wiseman@TELLABS.COM