johnl@walt.cc.utexas.edu (John Lange) (11/05/90)
Has anyone been successful at color cycling under Windows? That is, given some bitmap, rotate colors to get interesting effects. For an excellent idea of color cycling, run fractint and use +/- keys. Also, is there a way to set which colors are used by Windows on systems that would allow this outside of Windows? For example, if your video card can display 256 out of 256000 possible colors, can you determine which 256 are used under Windows? I'm not referring to dithered colors. I know Windows can dither colors. I am only interested in pure undithered colors. I realize that these things might be considered "device dependent", and as such are probably not supported in Windows. Has anyone played around with TMS34010 based video cards in the context of the above questions? Some TMS34010 cards support "display lists". Can these be used at all from Windows programs? One last question - does anyone know of 24 bit plane boards that are reasonably priced which have Windows drivers?
timur@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler) (11/06/90)
In article <39153@ut-emx.uucp> you write: >Has anyone played around with TMS34010 based video cards in the context >of the above questions? > ... > >One last question - does anyone know of 24 bit plane boards that are >reasonably priced which have Windows drivers? My roommate got a Hercules Graphics Station, a 60MHz 34010 board, capable of 1024x768x256 and 512x480x16.7M. Unfortunately, when he got the card, his Multisync monitor hadn't come in yet, and his card wasn't working very well either. He returned the card (he's still waiting for the replacement), but at least he has his monitor. The Windows 3.0 driver is in beta testing right now. Hopefully, we'll get it soon. BTW, the card only cost him about $700. Damn cheap! I hope the PS/2 version comes out soon, and just as cheap. Doubt it, though :-( Timur ------------------------------------------------------------ The Time Traveler Your daddy works in porno Now that mommy's not around timur@seas.gwu.edu She used to love her heroin HE891C@GWUVM.GWU.EDU But now she's underground - Guns N' Roses