18 Jan
2006
18 Jan
'06
11:45 a.m.
der Mouse wrote:
That doesn't help :-) For reference, see the chart here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter#The_CGA_color_palette
The color listed in that chart for "brown" is what I see on all 6 of my
CGA monitors and what I've remembered since 1983. The color listed as
"IBM 5153" is incorrect and that's what I'm trying to get history on so
that I can convince him otherwise.
I'm puzzled why people who have never seen the hardware are so driven to
make "factual" statements about it...?
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[...]; the
newbies (writing or using emulators) are unwilling to
accept that and are instead making CGA palettes with dark yellow
instead of brown.
In my experience, dark yellow *is* brown. (At least as far as CRT
colours go.)