Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!deimos.cis.ksu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald From: mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: VGA Colors Message-ID: <46900046@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 10 Nov 89 10:32:05 GMT References: <824@uwm.edu> Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:uwm.edu:824:uxe.cso.uiuc.edu:46900046:000:274 Nf-From: uxe.cso.uiuc.edu!mcdonald Nov 9 19:41:00 1989 >>How would I get 256 DIFFERENT shades of grey? > With the VGA, I'm afraid that you can't. Not for the hardware hacker. In fact it is easy. First you take a pair of scissors and cut your monitor cable in half ...... The rest is too long to post, but it can be done.