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From: rusbasra@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: VGA colors, etc.
Message-ID: <2314@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 5 Dec 90 19:19:17 GMT
References: <6109@crash.cts.com>
Reply-To: rusbasra@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Bob Rusbasan)
Organization: Purdue University
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In article <6109@crash.cts.com> bill@pro-gateway.cts.com (Bill Long, SysOp) writes:
>With VGA, how many colors are available,

262,144 (2^18).

>and how many can be on-screen at one time?

256 in the standard medium resolution mode (320x200).  There are several
nonstandard higher-resolution 256-color modes.

16 colors with resolution up to 640x480 (higher for super VGA).

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