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- Subject: [AD] 6bit limitation of paletted modes.
- From: StApostol <stapostol@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:34:40 +0300
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In the frequently asked questions it is stated that ' The VGA hardware
only uses 6 bits for each color component, which means the red, green,
and blue values in the palette structure range from 0 to 63'. This can
be quite a limitation on some cases, and - correct me if I am wrong -
one that does not apply to modern era hardware.
Will support for 8bit wide DAC be available in the post-4.2 versions?
(This is probably interconnected with the drop of DOS support for
future versions). More to the point, how extensive internal changes
will be needed for this?