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From: Jay Johnson <jayjohnson AT rocketmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Allegro videomodes
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Date: Mon, 23 Mar 1998 03:35:13 GMT
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It seems like one could fudge some communication to D3D but I
suppose that there is WAY too much to deal with for non-win
Allegro.

jayjohnson AT rocketmail DOT com

Chris Wahlen wrote:

> Is there a reason why Allegro can only go 640x480x16 bpp on my screen?
> I've got a stingray video card, and I can't get any other modes to work
> - none of the 800x600, none of the 1024x768 either....and 640x480x24bpp
> doesn't work.  I know I can do them though, because in Windows I've
> switched back and forth between all of these modes and they work just
> fine.  I even tried Scitech, and it still doesn't work.  Does anyone
> else have these problems?