Subj : Re: Lemmings game for DOS
To   : Bob Worm
From : hollowone
Date : Wed Nov 01 2023 10:29:19

 BW> I know in the 320x200 16 colour modes you were stuck with a fixed
 BW> palette (on EGA at least, some kind of CGA compatibility thing) but I
 BW> thought VGA 640x480 had configurable palettes?

Not in VGA card. SVGA offered that for the first time with video modes starting from 100h in the int 10h VGA interrupt list (assembly level explanation). Core VGA card offered that only in low res (MCGA or ModeX)

Check wikipedia entry on VGA, it explains it all:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/video_graphics_array

-h1

.... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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