color depth

[James [Wez] Weatherall]

On Mon, 22 Mar 1999, Mike Bennett wrote:

>      I am using an old 486 that was handy as a phone mail
> controller.  It is running Windows 95.  This machine has only
> basic VGA capability (16 color 4 bits/pixel 640X480).  The WINVNC
> server is running and I can connect just fine, but screen paints
> on the viewer are bizarre.  I think there must be some
> mishandling of the color planes because it paints the viewer
> window multiple times in different somewhat neon colors and there
> are overlapping copies of the server contents.  My question is:
> Must I break down and buy an SVGA adapter, or is there something
> I can do to make this configuration work

16 colour screens don't currently work under Windows 95.  I _think_ they
work OK under NT with WinVNC.

Cheers,

James "Wez" Weatherall
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