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From: wiseman@tellab5.TELLABS.COM (Jeff Wiseman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Chuck Yeager's AFT - screen depth requirements
Message-ID: <1867@tellab5.TELLABS.COM>
Date: 14 Dec 89 14:57:23 GMT
References: <1989Dec9.202253.5103@smsc.sony.com> <478@tci.bell-atl.com>
Reply-To: wiseman@tellab5.UUCP (Jeff Wiseman)
Organization: Tellabs, Inc. Lisle IL
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In article <478@tci.bell-atl.com> kingman@tci.bell-atl.com (Matt Kingman) writes:
>dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott) writes:
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>>One person told me that this was the case.  It only produces 16 colors,
>>but that it didn't require you to change the screen depth.
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>Well, I just tried it out and it does run on any bit depth screen...
>in monochrome.  If you have a color monitor and want it to run in color
>you must set the screen depth to 4 bits (16 colors).

I have an SE but when I really need to "unwind" I'll take my AFT disks to work
and run it on one of the macIIs there. I have run it at 256 colors. It seems
like they tried to make it 256 because there are some interesting color
combinations but the 16 color seems a little nicer and I THINK that it seems to
run smoother (quicker).

AFT on a macII is a blast and the program will take advantage of the larger
screen. Some people say that they like other programs better but I've always
enjoyed AFT. It is a little rough on the edges and the documentation lacks but
still, being able to race against 3 of your own best races is pretty neat.


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