How to read the palette

 BBS: Inland Empire Archive
Date: 11-23-92 (18:33)             Number: 379
From: PETER BARNEY                 Refer#: NONE
  To: HARRY GISH                    Recvd: NO  
Subj: How to read the palette        Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
 > Could I get you to repost that? Have someone here who'd like
 > to see it and it's already 'scolled-away'. Thanks.

Sure!  Here:

'$INCLUDE: 'QBX.BI'
DIM Regs AS RegType
SCREEN 13 'or whatever

Regs.ax = &H1015
Regs.bx = <color that you want to read (0-255)>
Interrupt &H10, Regs, Regs
  Reg = Regs.dx \ 256
Green = Regs.cx \ 256
 Blue = Regs.cx AND 255

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