[comp.sys.sgi] overlay colors

Dan Karron@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU (06/05/91)

Can I use RGBmode() in overlay drawing ? How many bits are
in the overlay planes, and how many different colors are available?

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kurt@cashew.asd.sgi.com (Kurt Akeley) (06/06/91)

In article <9106042242.AA24056@karron.med.nyu.edu>, Dan Karron@UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU writes:
|> 
|> Can I use RGBmode() in overlay drawing ? How many bits are
|> in the overlay planes, and how many different colors are available?

There is no reason in principle why you cannot use RGBmode in the
overlay bitplanes, but as a practical matter, no SGI machine supports
it.

-- Kurt