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From: nzhang@ee.su.oz.au (Ning Zhang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: How to display 256 colors on Trident VGA card
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Date: 21 Nov 90 07:27:59 GMT
Reply-To: nzhang@ee.su.oz.au (Ning Zhang)
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I have bought a second hand Trident VGA card replacing the VGA card on my
386SX. The self-testing program shows that it has 512KB memory and the message
suggested that it came from Trident. But I could not access the 640x480x256
mode to display 256 colors. I was told that it is capable of displaying 256
colors out. Is there any special program for this purpose? I tried VGIF and
CSHOW without any success and only 16 colors are available. I don't have any
document and disks about the card.

Please email me your reply.  Thanks for your help.

-Ning