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Re: TP365XD video question
Sir Gwynz (sirgwynz@bellatlantic.net) wrote:
> On Mon, 22 Dec 1997 12:09:43 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >Is the TP365XD capable of more than 256 colors? I bought a game that=20
> >needs 16,000,000 colors and it refused to run on my laptop. When I=20
> >looked in the settings for the display, only 256 colors comes up. =20
> >Can the video be upgraded, or is this my only choice?
> >
> >Sandy
>
> You're limited to 256 colors with a dual-scan screen, an active-matrix
> screen can display more but I don't know if it can do 16 million. In
> any case, plugging in an external monitor will work with the higher
> color mode.
If you have enough video RAM and if the graphics chips provides the
respective modes. You will have to make a tradeoff between color depth
and pixel resolution.
In your case, the Cyber9320 graphics chip can only deliver 16bpp I believe.