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From: jason@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jason Watts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Switching Monitor Depth
Keywords: monitor, depth, color
Message-ID: <1990Oct5.235909.6502@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 90 23:59:09 GMT
References: <1990Oct5.052135.1635@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <1990Oct5.154600.13120@midway.uchicago.edu>
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francis@arthur.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) writes:

>In article <1990Oct5.052135.1635@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> jason@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jason Watts) writes:
>>    I am writing a program which needs to change the depth of the main
>>monitor.  This does not seem to be documented in IM V, "Graphics Devices."
>>Does anyone know the procedure for doing this?

>You use the Control Panel.
>No, seriously.  IM V says leave monitor depth alone.  That's the user's
>province.  Never mind the Thought Police; you could get your users mad.
>If it's not what you want it to be, ask the user to change it--if he
>can't or won't, then give him your best shot in the depth he lets you
>have.

>| Francis Stracke		| My opinions are my own.  I don't steal them.|
>| Department of Mathematics	|=============================================|
>| University of Chicago	| A mathematician is a professional	      |
>| francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu	|   schizophrenic.--Me.		       	      |

Allow me to clarify:

    I am writing a cdev which needs to let the user change the depth of the
main monitor.  This does not seem to be documented in IM V,
"Graphics Devices."  Does anyone know the procedure for doing this?

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