Subject: Re: Colud Color-X run on Quadra 700 with on board video?
To: None <cwood@ichips.intel.com>
From: Ken Nakata <knakata@itpjp.co.jp>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 02/19/1999 18:06:42
On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 00:59:16 -0800 (PST), Colin Wood wrote:
> Ken Nakata wrote:
> > On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 16:31:59 -1600, chen@ibm60.phy.ncku.edu.tw wrote:
> > >
> > > I want to try Color-X on my Quadra 700, and is it possible?
> >
> > Dunno. Why not just try? It can't damage your hardware or software.
> > Good luck,
>
> actually, unless you have a "supported" nubus card in it, you can't. the
> Q700 for one reason or another doesn't support 16-bit color, only 8-bit or
> 24-bit is handled by the onboard video. this means that ken's osfa
> xserver won't handle it right now (since his server doesn't to the best of
> my knowledge support 24-bit color, only 8 and 16-bit color). speaking of
> which...any progress on 24-bit color, ken? ;-)
Nothing :-(
Anyway, he should be able to run the OSFA server in 8-bit gray mode.
Ken