From: "Colin W. Glenn" <cwg01 AT gnofn DOT org>
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Subject: Re: 640x480x16 - HELP!!
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 22:01:07 -0500
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On 9 Apr 1997, Simun Mikecin wrote:

> Paul Schmidt (admcs AT megsinet DOT net) wrote:
> : I can't get Allegro to put the screen in 640x480x16 mode...
> : I need the 640x480 resolution, but I have a standard VGA monitor so I can
> : only do 16 colors in 640x480.....in turbo c++ it's video mode 2....how do I
> : get to this video mode in DJGPP?
> At first, you should know that if you have a standard VGA monitor that means
> that you can also use 640x480 in 256 colors!
> As I know Allegro does support only 256 color modes. So use it to enter this
> mode. Look at allegro.doc!
> P.S. You will be unable to enter this mode if your VGA card has only 256 KB
> of memory. In this case your only solution is to use 640x400 256 color mode

Uh-Huh, and there's some video boards which won't support that due to the
chipset, I had one, would only support 640x480x16, no 640x400 mode
available.  I had a 320x480x256 mode, what an odd-ball!