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From: Elric-Kinslayer@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: EGA -> VGA on Multiscan
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Date: 30 Aug 88 00:26:45 GMT
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	In a recent artical Daniel Senie brought up the point that most
VGA card have both Digital and Analog output facilities. This is true,
but somewhat misleading. Yes, you can use a VGA on a digital monitor,
*BUT* due to cabling you can only have 64 out of 64 colors ( i.e.
you get all of the colors from the EGA palette at once). Things that
are meant to run in the true VGA/MCGA 256 color mode do not look at all
like they are supposed to and so the only REAL use for the digital jack
is for getting higher resolution on your older monitor ( however,
the 64 color limit still applies to the palette so you get 16 out of 64
colors.. the same as an EGA card)

Now, I'VE got a question.... does anyone have a GOOD color palette already
made up for doing 256 color mandelbrots on a VGA? I can produce the
mandelbrot, but I need a good palette to make it look good.
Thanks,

Matt Mossholder
A.K.A. ELric-Kinslayer@cup.portal.com
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