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First post, by emendelson

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Probably this has been discussed before, but I can't find the threads, so apologies for duplicating something that's already settled.

I've got a system that runs Windows 3.1x under DOSBox, complete with printing, clipboard transfer, easy file-copying, etc. You have to supply your own Windows 3.1x installer, but the rest is automatic:

http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/win31dosbox.html

Under Windows 7/8/10 it uses an S3 driver with 32K colors at 1024x768 by default.

I'm now trying to move this over to the Mac, and the only color setting I can find that produces accurate colors is the 256-color setting.

Is there a setting or a driver that makes it possible to use more colors with Windows 3.1x running under DOSBox on a Mac? Thanks for any information, and apologies again if I'm asking something that everyone else already knows about.

Reply 1 of 3, by weldum

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in theory, if you're using a standard dosbox build, it should be the same as in windows

check your config file, the video card should be svga_s3

DT: R7-5800X3D/R5-3600/R3-1200/P-G5400/FX-6100/i3-3225/P-8400/D-900/K6-2_550
LT: C-N2840/A64-TK57/N2600/N455/N270/C-ULV353/PM-1.7/P4-2.6/P133
TC: Esther-1000/Esther-400/Vortex86-366
Others: Drean C64c/Czerweny Spectrum 48k/Talent MSX DPC200/M512K/MP475

Reply 2 of 3, by emendelson

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Thank you - the problem here was user-stupidity. I was using a conf file designed for another DOSBox-based system. As soon as I changed the machine to saga_s3 and output from surface to opengl, colors worked correctly. Thank you again, and I really should have known better than to waste bandwidth on this one.

Reply 3 of 3, by weldum

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don't worry, I'm happy to help to anyone who needs it

DT: R7-5800X3D/R5-3600/R3-1200/P-G5400/FX-6100/i3-3225/P-8400/D-900/K6-2_550
LT: C-N2840/A64-TK57/N2600/N455/N270/C-ULV353/PM-1.7/P4-2.6/P133
TC: Esther-1000/Esther-400/Vortex86-366
Others: Drean C64c/Czerweny Spectrum 48k/Talent MSX DPC200/M512K/MP475