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From: richg@blake.acs.washington.edu (Richard Goldfinder)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: 256 colours under Microsoft Windows
Keywords: images
Message-ID: <3560@blake.acs.washington.edu>
Date: 11 Sep 89 01:41:18 GMT
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Reply-To: richg@blake.acs.washington.edu (Richard Goldfinder)
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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While there is a limit of 64 pure greys (R=G=B) on a VGA, there are color
maps (palettes) that can simulate 256 colors. One is the "Peterson-Vigneau
Pseudo-Grey Sequence". An inverted form can be found in the ALTERN.MAP file
included with FRACTINT 9.x (perhaps 8.x too?), probably elsewhere.

  --Richard