From:	richard AT stardate DOT bc DOT ca (Richard Sanders)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: 640x480x16 - HELP!!
Date:	13 Apr 1997 03:33:05 GMT
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>I'm afraid Allegro supports only 256 colors. You'l need to do all
>graphics yourself which is quite difficult especially in mode 12h
>because of 4 planes.
>If you need this mode you should probably try GRX20 which I think
>supports it.

GRX20 does do 16 colors, but it is painfully slow in 16 colors. 256 colors is 
much faster and quite usable.

Cheers Richard

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