>>I'm wondering then if this is reliant on the System version. The only
>>PowerMacs currently in my possession are currently running 9.1 and
>>10.1, neither of which support 16 colours. I think 8.1 doeas on my
>>840av but is that the OS or the machine?
>
>May well be some of both. I seem to remember when I got my first Mac, an
>LCIII, it was running 7.1 and had the option of 640x400. Later on I upped
>it to 7.5.5 and lost that option. Now, this was when I was a Mac newbie so
>I may have done something else...
>
>Likewise when I got my 6500 more recently, it came with 7.5.5 and did have
>the 16 color option, but now at 8.6 it doesn't...

Holding down the Option key whilst displaying available configurations
fills in the gaps on some models/OSs.

My 'work' beige G3/9.2.2 won't offer less than 640*480*256.

hth


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Take care .....

Brian



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