[Virtualacorn-list] VRPC RO 4.39 and 16 Million colours

Chris Newman cvjazz at waitrose.com
Mon Sep 25 22:54:04 BST 2017


In article <568127a264j.mccartney at blueyonder.co.uk>,
   John McCartney <j.mccartney at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> In article <56810e73addave at triffid.co.uk>,
>    Dave Symes <dave at triffid.co.uk> wrote:

> > I'm totally out of ideas.
> > Anyone here have any useful suggestions.
> > Thanks

> Further to my useless suggestion on usenet...

> On my desktop machine, I have a 3840×1080 screen spread
> over two monitors. Even the larger screen memory available
> on the Arm7500 model doesn't allow 16M colours. I settled
> for 32K colours moons ago and, to be quite honest, I can't
> tell the difference unless I click on Display on the icon
> bar.

> Unless Fay really does *need* 16M colours, I'd go with 32K.
> Now, here's a thought; set it up in 32K, don't tell her and
> see what fireworks result.

> John

> The above information is purely advisory and should only be
> attempted by a marital partner with nothing to lose. I can
> accept no responsibility for any outcome whether good or
> bad. No liability will be accepted for any consequential
> damage.

Brilliant disclaimer. I hope it's not copyright 'cos I've nicked it for
future reference.

-- 
Chris




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