Have a look at the hardware comparison matrix on the Palm site that Gary
mentions.
The ability to display 16 shades of gray is dictated by the Dragonball
processor in the device and to some extent by the PalmOS.
If the device is running a DragonBall EZ processor you CAN display 16
shades of gray (although this depends on the OS, 3.3 or better supports
it fully, prior to PalmOS 3.3 you'll have to hack the hardware registers
and modify screen memory directly because the OS is a bit brain dead
regarding this mode).
If the device is running a DragonBall processor (as the Palm III is) you
can only display 4 shades of gray (and b&w naturally :)). Not sure about
the V (EZ I think?) or VII (non-EZ? don't know).
Hope that helps,
Stuart Nicholson
Programmer
Firepad Inc.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 9:38 AM
To: Palm Developer Forum
Subject: Re: M100 16 greys?
According to Palm's "Hardware Comparison Matrix", the m100 has a
DragonBall
EZ processor, and this processor is limited to 4-bit grayscale, although
Palm OS 3.5 supports 8-bit grayscale.
"Matt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:30388@palm-dev-forum...
>
>
> I recall reading somewhere that the m100 supports 16 shades of
grey.
> Now, as it appears to be using the same screen, is there, will there
be,
or
> can there be a hack to enable 16 greys on the III,V, and VII series??
> Anyone have any infomation about this? Thanks
>
>
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