From:	Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro Colors with normal unchanged pallete?
Date:	Thu, 9 Oct 1997 21:14:40 +0100
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Ross Boast writes:
>Remember i'm talking about the colors which apply when you have the 
>default/standard colors, i haven't touched the palette yet , i have no 
>need for what i want to do :).

Bad move. If you don't set the palette yourself, you will get whatever
colors your video BIOS decides to use. This is _usually_ a standard
layout, but not always: I've seen some cards and VESA drivers that do
completely different things. You really ought to set the palette
yourself, so you know for sure what the colors will be...


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