On 12-Dec-1999/20:27:12-6:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hello,
>On 10-Dec-99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> On 10-Dec-1999/12:45:21+1:00, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> 2. I don't think the console will support graphical ANSI
>>>>>> characters in the forseeable future.
>
>
>> white screen. Also, the Amiga console colors are dependent on the
>> Workbench palette and generally only support 4 colors if I remember
>> correctly. I think those colors are mapped to the first four colors of the
>> Workbench palette. Therefore, it would make it difficult to implement if
>> the REBOL scripter said something like text="red" print "Hello" as REBOL
>> won't know which color is (or if any are) mapped to red.
>
>My A1200 without graphics card is limited to 256 colors for Workbench, but I
>keep it at 8-16 most of the time. I suppose the OCS and ECS machines might
>be limited to 8 or 16 on WB, but I haven't checked my A500 or A2000 for
>this yet.
>
>Elliott
The ECS machines are limited to 16 colors without a graphics card. However, the
console codes on the Amiga shell only address 4 colors, I believe.
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