jmoyer@genesis.tiac.net (Josh Moyer) writes
 > -Black out the screen by adjusting the gamma table, or by clearing the VRAM

I have Mac code that calls the video driver to perform gamma fades. It
may be a starting place. Source is at the Web address below.

Matt

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