Browsing in 16 colours... (!)

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

This morning, I turned on my PC, and all I got was a blank screen. I called the screen manufacturer, iiyama, and they will have it replaced within a few days. However, impatient as I am, I wondered if I could use an old 16 colour PC screen on this PC (it came with a 386 Compaq PC Laughing

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To my astonishment, it worked, although using a PC with 16 colours is painful. Not to mention the fact that it's running 640x480 Sad

. Now I feel for the people who are permanently on such resolutions! Scrolling becomes a regular occurence Very Happy

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So don't expect much out of me for the next few days - I'd rather preserve my sanity. This tiny screen makes me go crazy! (not sure what size it is - probably 12" and I had a 19" before Smile

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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 5:33 pm (20 years, 11 months ago)

can ya give us a few screenshots of some different sites?

4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

LOL, I had one of them! I remember starting a thread about the same thing ages ago, you might be able to find it if you search!

I have an LG 17" Flatron, better than Illyama stuff any day! Smile

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Here's a screenshot, just to give you an idea:

Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2003 6:03 pm (20 years, 11 months ago)

eurgh...that's bad...hope you get it fixed soon Smile

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

And remember's the full screen mode (did that so you don't see all my links Razz

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Anyway, I'm going to fax iiyama the screen receipt tomorrow, and then all that has to be done is make an appointment for them to deliver a new one and take the old one. So I should have the new one by this Friday (fingers crossed Very Happy

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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 3:11 am (20 years, 11 months ago)

I am in a situation of Daniel+Justin.

My monitor LG 17" Flatron is down since last 6 days. Haven't complained of it yet since part1 of my semester exams were going on. Will complain today/tommorow. part2 of exams might be from 17-28 may.

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 7:31 am (20 years, 11 months ago)

The colours not so bad, its the resolution that must be the killer!

BTW that screen shot contains a few more than 16 colours - 125 to be precise. Question

4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

It looks like 256 colors rather than 16, you wouldn't get half them shades with 16, I browsed with 16 a while back, and it was much worse than that!

Team Member Joined: 06 Jan 2002 Posts: 2564

Yes, I figured out shortly after I posted that I could push the screen to 256 colours Smile

. Still not great, and as Darren said, the resolution is the real killer Sad

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4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

Just to see if I could cope, I made my Windows look exactly like Windows 95 at 800x600 and 256 colours, your compaq monitor, if it is 256 colors, can do 800x600 too...

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I just tried it, and it won't do it. It just displays loads of lines and makes a hissing noise Rolling Eyes

4WebHelp Addict Joined: 07 Jan 2002 Posts: 1060

ouch, that doesn't sound good!

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2003 4:34 pm (20 years, 11 months ago)

Justin wrote:

Just to see if I could cope, I made my Windows look exactly like Windows 95 at 800x600 and 256 colours, your compaq monitor, if it is 256 colors, can do 800x600 too...

Where you delibrately trying to torture yourself? Wink

My monitor lives at 1152*864 with 32bit True colour Very Happy

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My LG 17" runs at 32 BIT Colour at 1024x768