From:	"Smith A. Cat" <imbe AT primenet DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro & explicit colors
Date:	27 May 1997 17:08:00 -0700
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George Foot wrote:

> Note that it is a good idea to explicitly set the palette for colours you
> are using in your program, since video cards do not always use the same
> initial palette. You can probably rely on the first sixteen, but you ought
> to set the rest.

could you give a short example of this?
does this mean i don't have to declare a palette (pallete!)?
thanks in advance.

phil

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