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From: msschaa@cs.vu.nl (Schaap MS)
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Subject: Re: VGA curiosity
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Date: 2 May 90 16:50:38 GMT
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In article <1640101@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) writes:
>Unless you have a True Blue VGA card, it will give you 256 colors
>at 640x400. It's a "standard" extension to the original IBM standard
>that all independent VGA card makers allow. Read the manual to
>discover what mode you have to set that card to, to get this option.
>Of course your software have to support this option.

No.

I've got a Tseng based VGA card (VGA ULTRA) which doesn't support
a higher 256 color mode with 256k than 320x200.

Michael.