13 Oct
2012
13 Oct
'12
4:30 p.m.
On Sat, 13 Oct 2012, TeoZ wrote:
Where have you been, computer games have been driving
upgrades since the DOS
era on PC and one of the major reasons people purchased computers since the
Commodore/Atari days.
In the EARLY days of the 5150, "BUSINESS" users went with monochrome.
Then they came back to "upgrade" to color (to run games, but they would
never admit it). To make use of what was there, "256 color accounting"
was developed.
My publisher (may they rot in pieces) for the early days of XenoCopy
reported "numerous complaints" that "Xeno-Copy won't work in
color!",
because I used white text on a black background. (0x07 and 0x0F). So, I
checked the current video mode, (NOT just PRESENCE of CGA or EGA
hardware!), and if they were in mode 3, I put COLORED boxes around the
"windows" of text V B&W boxes if they were in mode 2 or 7. That solved
the "complaints".
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com