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Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!uknet!edcastle!aiai!richard From: richard@aiai.ed.ac.uk (Richard Tobin) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: 16-colour X server? Message-ID: <7679@skye.ed.ac.uk> Date: 13 Oct 92 12:50:45 GMT References: <7656@skye.ed.ac.uk> <wolfgang.8.718895049@clio.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de> Sender: news@aiai.ed.ac.uk Organization: HCRC, University of Edinburgh Lines: 16 In article <wolfgang.8.718895049@clio.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de> wolfgang@clio.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de (Wolfgang R. Mueller) writes: >>the 8-bit version (unless vga is even more brain-dead than it seems). > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >So it is, as every 16-color pixel write needs multiple outb instructions >to modify the right bits in the right bit planes, and reading is even worse. I was afraid this would be the case. Thanks to all those who replied. On a related point, are there any plans to extend the monochrome server to >64k? -- Richard -- Richard Tobin, Human Communication Research Centre, R.Tobin@ed.ac.uk Edinburgh University.