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From: sharik@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Harikrishnan Sundararaghavan)
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Subject: Re: How to display more than 16 colors in EGA ??
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Date: 29 Apr 91 22:27:40 GMT
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In article <1991Apr28.180038.10097@proto.com> joe@proto.com (Joe Huffman) writes:
>sharik@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Harikrishnan Sundararaghavan) writes:
>
>>	I would like to know whether it is possible to show more than
>>16 colors in 640x350 mode.  Will direct video memory access allow me to
>>do this?
>
>Assuming you mean with a true blue EGA board and not a VGA emulating the EGA 
>or a 'Super EGA' board then the answer is that it is POSSIBLE to show up to 
>64 colors simultaneously, but it isn't easy.  You have to look for the 

>-- 
>joe@proto.com

Say it is a VGA emulating EGA ( or VGA itself ) Is it possible to show more

than 16 colors in the hi-resolution modes.

Hari.
				   
Harikrishnan Sundararaghavan (Hari),