Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Path: utzoo!utgpu!tj
From: tj@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca (Terry Jones)
Subject: Re: 640x400x256colour Paradise driver?
Message-ID: <1991Jan10.162903.18162@gpu.utcs.utoronto.ca>
Organization: UTCS Public Access
References: <1991Jan9.095046.86103@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au> <9552@cica.cica.indiana.edu>
Date: Thu, 10 Jan 91 16:29:03 GMT

I have seen this request enough times that I know I am not the only
poor slob with an unexpandable Paradise Graphics card with 256K video RAM.
Sure I could buy a new VGA board but it hardly seems wort it to make
the one builtin to the motherboard useless just to get a few more colours.
All I want is to occasionally use Windows in 256 colour mode to edit images.

How about zapping a driver that is 640x480 into 640x400 anybody with
enough experience out there able to tell me whether I just zap a few
bits and off I go or is there more too it than that.

I have run the 640x480x256 driver on my lowlife card and I DO get 256
colours but the screen overwrites in the middle or so. It is close!

Sure I know it would be a SNAIL but for the few times, I'll wait!

tj
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