Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!ginosko!uunet!mcsun!sunic!tut!santra!kampi.hut.fi!jmunkki From: jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Invasion of the Color Nazis Message-ID: <25126@santra.UUCP> Date: 11 Sep 89 17:43:04 GMT References: <7858@cbmvax.UUCP> <14816@brunix.UUCP> Sender: news@santra.UUCP Reply-To: jmunkki@kampi.hut.fi (Juri Munkki) Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Lines: 27 In article <14816@brunix.UUCP> ejd@iris.brown.edu (Ed Devinney) writes: daveh@cbmvax.UUCP (Dave Haynie) writes: <> Only, the #^*&^%@ system configuration tool refuses to let me change the <> black or the white. Does anyone out there know a way around this? I am <> absolutely convinced that I know my color preferences far better than some <> stupid computer. - >Apple's system software requires that the first and last of the colors in >any given ColorTable are white and black, respectively. Utilities exist >that will allow removal of B&W from the CLUT, but _very_ strange things >start happening when you do this, as the B&W are apparently used for >internal shortcuts and the system gets lost. Changing the CLUT directly, >as opposed to the blessed method of using the Palette Manager, is also >generally ineffective. Maybe you could change the gamma table. This is the way that Dimmer works. The system would still think that it showing white, but it could be something totally different. You can observe this when Dimmer is activated. The system seems to be happy even when all the colors are dark. I'm talking about the commercial Mac II Dimmer by Chris Derossi. I think it's the most unobstructive screen saver available. _._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._._ | Juri Munkki jmunkki@hut.fi jmunkki@fingate.bitnet I Want Ne | | Helsinki University of Technology Computing Centre My Own XT | ^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^