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Re: Assault Rigs

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From: b... TranMan
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 1996 00:00
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On 17 Apr 1996 18:31:01 GMT, sjoh...@sable.ox.ac.uk (Richard Wang)
wrote:

>
>TranMan (b...@cdc3.cdc.net) wrote:
>: Does anyone knows how to put Assault Rigs in 640x480 mode?  I have
>: tried running vesa driver (uv_config.exe) for my diamond Stealth dram
>: 64 and it still does work in that mode.  The manual doesn't even
>: mentioned anything about 640x480 but the box does (it says Vesa
>: compliant Cards recommended for HI-colour or 24 bit modes).
>: Thanks...
>
>HI-colour and 16-bit modes do not imply 640x480, they just refer to the 
>number of colours. 16-bit is 64,000 colours.
>
>-- Rich

The box says "640x480 Hicolour" and the pictures shown are svga.   The
vga version sucks as far as color and resolution.  I don't like
wasting my time with games without SVGA.
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From: b...@cdc3.cdc.net (TranMan)
Subject: Re: Assault Rigs
Date: 1996/04/18
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