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From: t-davidw@microsoft.UUCP (David Weigant)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Monochrome VGA problems
Message-ID: <9179@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 27 Nov 89 18:15:43 GMT
References: <9175@microsoft.UUCP> <4950@deimos.cis.ksu.edu>
Reply-To: t-davidw@microsoft.UUCP (David Weigant)
Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA
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In article <4950@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> brtmac@hobbes (Brett McCoy) writes:
>In article <9175@microsoft.UUCP> t-davidw@microsoft.UUCP (David Weigant) writes:
>>The problem is the
>>monitors will never display more than four shades of grey (including
>>white and black).  I have set to video modes that allow for 16 and 
>>256 colors (which work perfectly on my color system) but will not
>>display shades on the monochrome system.
>
>My guess is that you are trying to use monochrome monitors, and not
>greyscale monitors.

It is a grey scale monitor, I know because it works with my Paradise
16+ card.  Also, it says in the documentation it is grey scale.

And, one piece of software I own will run with the proper number of
shades.

thx again,
David Weigant
Microsoft Product Support


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