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From: schwalbe@pinocchio.Encore.COM (Jim Schwalbe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: 256 colors in Windows 3
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Date: 24 Jan 91 18:48:14 GMT
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In article <35950003@hpcvra.cv.hp.com.> daveo@hpcvra.cv.hp.com. 
(Dave Ochs) writes:
>I have a "256 color" driver for Windows 3 that came with my PC/display, but
>I can't see any difference when it's loaded.  What is supposed to change?  I
>had fantisized that those stupid dithered colors would turn into solids, but
>it didn't happen.  Is there something else that needs to be done besides
>telling Windows about the new driver?
>

Yeah, I noticed the same thing.  Seems that Windows 3.0 only supports 16 true
colors.  I think with the 256 color driver though you can run applications
that use more than 16 colors.  I've tried this and it works.  What I haven't
tried is seeing what happens running an application that uses 256 colors
under windows with a 16 color driver.  Has anyone noticed what happens here?
I'll have to try that.

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