From: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: 24bit color
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 00:32:08 -0300
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Keith Stropus wrote:

> Hello!  I have a question.  I got a demo program the demonstrates how to use
> VESA VBE.  I modified it to use 800x600x24.  The original program used
> 640x480x8, and used the rgb tables.  Now I cannot seem to figure out how the
> heck to use the 24bit color.  No matter what I do, I can only access 256
> colors at a time.  I have no experience in 24bit color programming.  I was
> under the impression that 24bit color meant that you could display 16million
> colors on the screen at once.  Can anyone tell me how to do this?  I would
> really appreciate it.
> thanks...

First make sure you are really in a 24-bit mode, (mode 0x115, i think), then you
just put RGB values into Video Ram instead of a color index (like in 256 mode).
BTW, what 'rgb' tables are you speaking of?

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