Re: i386-ELF-xquake-1.06 (was Re: Strange 2.1.11 bug)

Derrik Pates (dpates@cavern.nmsu.edu)
Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:37:43 -0700 (MST)


On Thu, 28 Nov 1996, Hocus Pocus wrote:

>
> >> anyone know if they will ever get this thing to run on > 8bit displays?
> >> kinda sux booting X in 256 color mode just to play quake..
> >>
> >Simple: use the standard VGA server (16 colors)
>
> Or Mono server. It works fine.

Why in the world would you use 16 color/mono X servers for playing Quake?
He said > 8bit (greater than 8 bit), as in high/true color displays.

Derrik Pates
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