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From: phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt)
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Subject: I rcvd COLONY IN COLOR!!!(Minor SPOILER!)
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Date: 7 Sep 89 17:12:01 GMT
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In article <2285@marvin.Solbourne.COM>, dce@Solbourne.COM (David Elliott) writes...
}In article <4525@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes:
}>BTW, Colony in COLOR for the Mac II is coming out next week (9/15 or so)
} 
}Intriguing, but (as he dons his usual devil's advocate costume) is that
}4-bit color or 8-bit color or will it matter?  After all, you can buy a
}color version of SimCity, but it requires you to change the screen
}depth, which is stupid.  Any program that requires you to do this to
}work is stupid (yes, I know about Switch-a-Roo and Launcher, but they
}shouldn't be needed).
} 
}If, on the other hand, Colony in color works reasonably (MultiFinder
}compatibility is required as well), I would consider buying it, even
}if it's copy-protected.
} 

I recieved my update of Colony to Color in the mail today.....

It is now 32-bit clean!  It runs under MacOS or AUX.  It automatically
switches to 1 bit B&W or 2,4,8 bit color.  It lets you edit the colors they
have chosen for every object (over 75 of them!).  It is MF compatible, and
NOT copy protected (in the normal sense, you need a code card though to get
through the security codes requested though).

It will even switch color modes on the fly if you go into Control Panel and
switch the screen depth WHILE COLONY IS RUNNING!

It is fast (or faster) than the old version was in B&W!!!  All in all, I
highly reccomend it!!!

It was $5 for the upgrade.   1 spoiler that is important to note:

Find the light switch or the colors look very drab....I spent 1 hour looking
through room I could barely see and thought the color stuff was horrible until
I turned the lights on.
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