On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, The Great Mr. Kurtz [David A. Gatwood] wrote:

> [...] I've never tested in anything other than 1 bit and 8 bit (b/w or 6
> color)  modes.  16 color might crash, VRAM upgrades and thousands of
> colors modes might crash (probably).  Dunno. 

B&W, 4-, 16- and 256 color modes should work just fine.[*]  Thousands and
millions modes will not.  Note that these comments only apply to the
system console, and not dt or X.

--scott