VGA modes

 BBS: The MOONFLOWER
Date: 05-21-93 (20:16)             Number: 20
From: ZMAN #1 @1512003*1           Refer#: NONE
  To: RONNIE THE DODGER #453 @1     Recvd: YES 
Subj: VGA modes                      Conf: (218) QuickBASIC

Re: VGA modes

³OK, how is this done and what memory are you using and how much....questions,³
³questions, questions????                                                     ³
³Ronnie T. Dodger                                                             ³

Try using screen mode 11, 12, or 13 to get your 256 colors in Quick Basic...
To get all the colors you will need to make a function that will create 3 long
integers to seperate the actual colors Red,Blue, & Green...

FUNCTION Shade& (red!, green!, blue!) STATIC
    r& = red! * 63!
    g& = green! * 63!
    b& = blue! * 63!
    Shade& = r& + g& * 256& + b& * 65536
END FUNCTION

The above code returns the long integer color number given red, green, and
blue intensity numbers in the range 0 through 1.

This should give the palette command the full 262,144 colors allowed in the
VGA/MCGA screen modes.....


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Zman

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