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From: ss@sprite.Berkeley.EDU (Srinivasan Seshan)
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Subject: Re: CGA 16-color mode AND rare questions
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Date: 17 Dec 90 18:48:08 GMT
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I always thought that the 160x100x16 was a character
reprogrammed mode.  Where the charater set was replaced
by a programming into all possible values of a 4x2 matrix.
This also prevented use of text in this mode and
also is the reason its not documented.  

Srini Seshan

PS I can't vouch for the above (since it been so long
	since I used one)