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From: francis@arthur.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke)
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Subject: Re: Switching Monitor Depth
Keywords: monitor, depth, color
Message-ID: <1990Oct5.154600.13120@midway.uchicago.edu>
Date: 5 Oct 90 15:46:00 GMT
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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.

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