From: pd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Philip Daniels) Subject: Re: 24-bit colour in X11 Date: 21 Jun 1993 15:31:43 +0100
In article <203fhk$o93@syzygy.socs.uts.edu.au> wdmcrae@socs.uts.EDU.AU (William McRae) writes:
>Hello
> I am thinking about getting a 24-bit colour card, can anyone
> tell me which is the best one to use with Linux and X11.
None. XFree86 does not yet support greater than 8 bit colour. If you wish
to remedy this situation I suggest you buy from a vendor who is willing to
provide programming specs (this means avoid Diamond products especially) and
set about writing the necessaries, if you have the ability. If you don't
have the ability you could still go to the bother of getting the specs and
passing it along to the XFree86 team who might be able to find somebody who
has, and the time and inclination to do it.
Other than that I guess your only option is a commercial one, sorry!
Cross posted to comp.windows.x.i386unix.
Phil.
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