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From: tmurphy%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Thomas Murphy)
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Subject: Re: 16 / 256
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Date: 6 Apr 91 04:21:36 GMT
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In article <14215@hacgate.UUCP> tackett@ipla01.hac.com (Walter Tackett) writes:
>what does it mean when a vga / super-vga graphics card is referred to
>as "16/256" and will it allow me to display 256 grey levels (or colors)
>simultaneously in hi-res (1024 x 7??) mode like the macII can?  is there
>some vga extended standard coming which will allow this?
>thanks,
>-walt