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On Mon, 22 Dec 1997 22:45:25 GMT, Sir Gwynz 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 >>needs 16,000,000 colors and it refused to run on my laptop. When I >>looked in the settings for the display, only 256 colors comes up. >>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. > I don't know if you're really that limited, as my ThinkPad 701 has a DSTN LCD, and I have it set to 65,536 colors right now. The only caveats though are when I open a DOS windowed session, the machine crashes, and the display gets junk all over it. Paul