Re: games only in 256 color in win95

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From: ste... Steve Thompson
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 00:00

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pete...@bright.net wrote:

: In article <437j28$a...@news.csus.edu>, <js...@orion.sfsu.edu> writes:
: 
: > all win95 games require you to run in 256 color mode, is there a way to run
: > them in true color modes? i have a ATI winturbo card, and using the win95
: > build-in drivers. 
: > 
: I normally run in 16 thousand and to my surprise Windows 95 only offered me 
: 256..so i called Microsoft.

: There response...when we can find a way to support more colors, we'll put out 
: the drivers..till then, live with it.

: I'm not sure what you are running, but 256 is all you get.

: Franklin P.


	You can do 16 million in 95.  You just have to have a driver that 
supports it.  I`m running the S3 968 driver in 64K colors right now.

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