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From: hirchert@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Wanted: fast way to toggle Monochro
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Date: 23 May 89 19:11:00 GMT
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Larry Baum (lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP) asks:
>I find it a bit cumbersome that to switch from Color (256 Grays) to
>Black & White (2 grays) I have to bring up the control panel, choose Monitors,
>then click two different buttons and close the control panel.  Does anyone know of
>a simple INIT, DA or FKEY that will toggle back and forth between the 2 via a
>simple keyclick or other one-step action.

The Switch-A-Roo FKEY will toggle you between two color settings.  In
particular, you can set it up to toggle two 2-color and 256-color mode.
As I remember, it was written by someone at Apple, but distributed through the
usual PD software channels.

Kurt W. Hirchert     hirchert@ncsa.uiuc.edu
National Center for Supercomputing Applications