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From: jkeegan@hawk.ulowell.edu (Jeff Keegan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: 2-16-256-million color mode
Keywords: standards, color, monitors
Message-ID: <1037@swan.ulowell.edu>
Date: 3 Jul 90 05:11:02 GMT
Sender: news@swan.ulowell.edu
Reply-To: jkeegan@hawk.ulowell.edu (Jeff Keegan)
Organization: University of Lowell, CS Dept
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Is there ANY "acceptible" way to change the color mode other than telling
someone to go change it? For instance, if the system is in 256 color
mode and you're writing a 16-color game, is it against apple-standards
to bring up a dialog saying something to the effect of :

"You are currently in 256 color mode. Do you want to temporarily change to
16 color mode for the duration of this game?" with a yes/no(quit) choice?

Also if this was acceptible, can it be easily changed without saving the
change? (like switcheroo does, so that the mode changes, yet if the machine
were abruptly turned off and on, the change would not be remembered)

The foremost of the questions I'm asking though is the Apple guidelines.
It is no big deal to have people quit and change it, though if nothing
prohibits it, it'd be nice to do.

Lastly, is there a risk of other applications actually /crashing/?
I haven't encountered a system bomb because of this reason yet (Fullpaint
looks horrible but doesn't crash). Is this why it's not suggested, if it
isn't?

..Jeff Keegan

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