Message-ID: <00b101be5464$51099d80$f10714d1@Pguruman>
From: "Adam Christopher Lawrence" <guruman AT interlog DOT com>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Ultra-newbie needs ultra-help
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 14:42:23 -0500
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Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com

>I checked up on it and you're right , it does say that but if I change
>the source to put the set_color_depth first, it makes no difference.
>Something strange though, is that 16-bit color works! (I only just
>discovered that.)

    Have you tried using a utility like Scitech Display Doctor? Your card
may work properly in an 800x600x256 colors using an SDD-controlled VESA 2.0
mode...

    If you're interested in chaos theory programming under MS-DOS and DJGPP,
visit my homepage at http://www.interlog.com/~guruman/projects.htm where my
attempt at same is kept.