OpenEuphoria

Re: Color Modes...(vesa20.e)

• Posted by Undetermined origin c/o LISTSERV administrator May 08, 1999
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EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU wrote:

> 1) I know that 65k means 65,000, and that 16.7M means 16,700,000, but
> in terms of number of colors in a graphics mode, is 65k literally
> 65,000, or 16.7M literally 16,700,000?  I would like to know so I can
> incorporate it into my graphics library...which I now am finished with
> the 'rough draft,' and am now writing the demo programs for it.  Any
> help is appreciated, it's just that computer numbers can be tricky.
> With 1 Kb actually being 1024 bytes and all.

Probably, 65K is actually using 2^16 colors, or 65536. 16.7M is 24-bit
color, or 16777216 colors.

>
>
> 2) Is there any way to read a 24-bit bitmap/image under DOS with
> current libraries?  I'm thinking of adding 24-bit support to my
> library.
>
> Thanks all, and please help,
> Mike Hurley
>
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