raistlin@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Brian Weaver) (02/07/91)
As the title says, I need help with choosing some graphics software. I
have a 386 machine with a vga card and moniter, unfortunately I bought
the system used from a business which had leased the machine. The
computer is in excelent condition but I have no manuals to know the
exact hardware specifications. The best i can figuer from all the
software that I have run is that i have a 320x200x256 Vga card. I have
tried all diffrent kinds of graphics software from Deluxe paint II
Enhanced to shareware graphics programs that I can find. The problem is
That none that I have found support 256 colors in 320x200 mode. Most
support 640x480x256 vga or 320x200x16 vga modes. I have been able to
use MCGA mode sometimes and get all 256 colors but if a picture is
larger than the boundies of the card than that data is lost permently on
a picture i am trying to edit.
Does someone out there in computer land know of a program which could
solve my problems, If so send me e-mail.
Thanks in advance!
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Mother do you think they'll like the song,
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls.
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raistlin@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu
baweave@eos.ncsu.eduvandevek@fergvax.unl.edu (James M. VandeVegt) (02/08/91)
In article <1991Feb6.204242.19776@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> raistlin@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Brian Weaver) writes: >As the title says, I need help with choosing some graphics software. I Get ahold of CompuShow .GIF (and others) viewer and a few .GIF's. It is available at most of the major FTP sites. The version I have supports about every video mode available and that should be enough for you to experiment to find out what your capabilities are. | James M. VandeVegt | University of Nebraska | | vandevek@fergvax.unl.edu | Computer Science and Engineering | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | Insert standard disclaimer here. |
bondi@dri.com (Bob Bondi) (02/13/91)
It may be that to get 256 VGA colors you need a 16 (?) pin cable from the monitor to the card. I had to get an adaptor and cable to use my VGA to the fullest? Hope that helps.
poffen@sj.ate.slb.com (Russ Poffenberger) (02/14/91)
In article <BN1XVZC@dri.com> bondi@dri.com (Bob Bondi) writes: >It may be that to get 256 VGA colors you need a 16 (?) pin cable from the >monitor to the card. I had to get an adaptor and cable to use my VGA to >the fullest? >Hope that helps. Another post that is absolutely false. VGA uses analog colosr signals to basically allow you to specify colors to the monitor using only a few signals. Red intensity Blue intensity Green intensity Sync The intensity are analog voltages, the higher the voltage, the greater the intensity of that color. You can theorically display an infinite number of colors using this scheme (although graphic card standards and monitor technology limit this. VGA is capable of 262144 colors, but only 16 or 256 (depending on mode) at one time. Russ Poffenberger DOMAIN: poffen@sj.ate.slb.com Schlumberger Technologies UUCP: {uunet,decwrl,amdahl}!sjsca4!poffen 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 (408)437-5254