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From: U5569462@ucsvc.unimelb.edu.au (DAVID CLUNIE)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: 256 colors and grey scales
Message-ID: <220@ucsvc.unimelb.edu.au>
Date: 8 Sep 89 03:32:22 GMT
Organization: The University of Melbourne
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I use a Headland VRAM board and I too was frustrated by the lack of 256
color drivers. Some drivers for the 640 by 480 mode in 256 colors for
Windows 286 are on the way in the mail so I will report back when they get
here.

As far as the grey scale business is concerned, although one can have 256
palette entries, each RGB entry is only 6 bits long so I guess this means
we really only have a 64 bit grey scale available. Is this simplistic
assumption accurate ?

Regards ... David