From: Vic <tudor AT cam DOT org>
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Subject: Re: color depth in allegro
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 16:29:49 +0200
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chakster AT geocities DOT com wrote:
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> Is it possible to have color depths greater than 256 with allegro?  
Read the docs. Basically you put set_color_depth(depth) before the mode
set (where depth is 8,15,16,24 or 32).
Then you use makecol(RED,GREEN,BLUE) to make the color (as in
putpixel(bitmap,x,y,makecol(100,200,100)); )
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