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From: jmerrill@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Confusion Reigns)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Win3.0 - Some quick questions
Message-ID: <7488@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Date: 15 Jun 90 07:05:36 GMT
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In article <991@ashton.UUCP> tomr@ashton.UUCP (Tom Rombouts) writes:
>2.  Wallpaper (.BMP) limited to 16 colors. Is this correct?  Have
>many 256 color GIF's.  Have converted to .PCX, but could not get
>to 256 color .BMP display.  Someone told me this is a limitation of
>current Windows drivers.  Is this correct?  (Used HIJAAK to convert)

Wallpaper is NOT limited to 16 colors.  Paintbrush will load and save
monochrome (.MSP), 16-color, 256-color, and 24-bit images.  The problem is
your driver.  Hmm...does Windows come with a TARGA driver?  I didn't check.

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Jason Merrill				jmerrill@jarthur.claremont.edu