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High Color in Windows for Workgroups 3.11--How?

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First post, by krischn

Posted on 2006-06-19, 15:55

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Hi.

Just recently discovered Windows for Workgroups 3.11 works fine under DOSBox 0.65. Though not everything seems to run (Winword 6, Win32, etc.--"big" applications?), it all looks pretty, installation is done within minutes. Fine. Just one flaw: background pictures and stuff look awful in 256-color mode.

So: How do I get High Color video modes working? Is there a generic driver anywhere that works with DOSBox?

Any help appreciated.

Krischn

Reply 1 of 4, by Dominus

Posted on 2006-06-19, 19:42

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How do I get High Color video modes working?

you don't. unfortunately

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Reply 2 of 4, by KevinSig

Posted on 2006-06-25, 15:05

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256? You sure you're not talking about 16 color? While I'm just using Windows 3.1, I'd love just to be able to get to 256.

Kevin

Reply 3 of 4, by wd

Posted on 2006-06-25, 18:48

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No, he's talking about 16bit colours, not 16 colours.

Reply 4 of 4, by KevinSig

Posted on 2006-06-25, 19:30

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You'd think that, but 16 colors really screws up an image, where 256 is at least passable. And since Windows 3.1 loads up with 16 colors as default, I just wanted to make sure that wasn't this person's problem.

Kevin

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