OpenEuphoria

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

• Posted by Scott Murray <FaIkon1313 at AOL.COM> May 09, 1999
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From: Mike Hurley
>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.

    #0000FFFF = 65,535
    #00FFFFFF = 16,777,215
<g>  when in doubt, check with a calculator.

>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.

    I think neil.e's load_bitmap() does that...  Yup!  Sure does.