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From: jwohl@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Jeremy Wohl)
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Subject: Re: 256-colors
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Date: 16 Apr 91 20:23:47 GMT
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In article <10434@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> lairdkb@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Kyler Laird) writes:
>I just got a couple Northgate systems with the built-in ATI graphics cards,
>and one with an Orchid Pro Designer.  Northgate says that their OS/2 (1.21!)
>will support 256 colors.  I can't find out, however, until they send me the
>3.5" versions of OS/2!!

Wow!  If you've get your ATI to work at 800x600x{16,256}, I want your
drivers!  ATI themselves only have a v1.1 800x600x16 driver...

>I would like to know what software supports 256 colors.  I've received lots
>of (mis)information.
>
>One woman told me that my color scanner (Epson) would never be supported under
>OS/2 (1.3) since OS/2 doesn't support color.  (???)

More misinformation.  That this is happening at a large company like Epson
is disgusting.

>[...]
>BTW, I'm working on a picture database (using Imara soon).  Monochrome is o.k.
>for printed music, but I also want to capture color output from an electronic
>camera (Mavica).

If you need a PDL or Desktop Publishing, Pagemaker 4.0 supports 24-bit
color (out for Windows, Mac).  Anybody know when the OS/2 version ships?
-- 
Jeremy Wohl / wohl@max.physics.sunysb.edu / jwohl@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu