[comp.os.os2.misc] 8514/xga dumb questio

"peter hunsberger" <peter.hunsberger@canrem.uucp> (06/28/91)

CK>If you want 256 colours you can't get it from OS/2 PM at present.  OS/2
CK>version 2.0 will have this.  A graphics program that bypasses OS/2 graphics
CK>calls (naughty) can, of course, give you 256 colours, but then would
CK>be specific to the adpater card.

You'll probably get this from several other people as well, but OS/2
supports 256 colors just fine.  What it doesn't support is 256 color
bitmaps.  Hadn't heard that version 2.0 would add this support, but they
have been promising it for a while...
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