Return-Path: Received: (qmail 22984 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2001 12:38:16 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO warrior.services.quay.plus.net) (212.159.14.227) by excalibur.plus.net with SMTP; 10 Dec 2001 12:38:16 -0000 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Received: (qmail 6955 invoked from network); 10 Dec 2001 12:38:06 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO post.thorcom.com) (212.172.148.70) by warrior.services.quay.plus.net with SMTP; 10 Dec 2001 12:38:06 -0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16DPdP-0000HD-00 for rsgb_lf_group-outgoing@blacksheep.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:34:15 +0000 Received: from e1.ny.us.ibm.com ([32.97.182.101]) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #2) id 16DPdL-0000H6-00 for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 12:34:11 +0000 Received: from northrelay01.pok.ibm.com (northrelay01.pok.ibm.com [9.117.200.21]) by e1.ny.us.ibm.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA383030; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 07:29:53 -0500 Received: from usa.net (ss14.pok.socks.ibm.com [9.14.3.66]) by northrelay01.pok.ibm.com (8.11.1m3/NCO v5.01) with ESMTP id fBACWdv43928; Mon, 10 Dec 2001 07:32:39 -0500 Message-ID: <3C14AB28.4127D428@usa.net> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2001 13:31:36 +0100 From: "Alberto di Bene" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "LF Mailing List" , lowfer@qth.net Subject: LF: Re: ARGO capture question References: <3C122F82.6B1D3EF7@usa.net> <3C123750.46A9@pacbell.net> <3C123FFD.70A19AB4@usa.net> <3C139226.4230@pacbell.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group Sender: I have done some tests both with Argo and Spectran and, indeed, when working in 256-color mode, the screen capture is less than optimal, though not as totally trashed as in some examples that have been sent to me. Both in Argo and Spectran, the 256-color mode has been added as an afterthought, only because some users, at that time, weren't able to work in higher color resolutions. And I must confess that the support of this mode leaves something to be desired in both programs. With today's graphics cards, the 256-color mode is a thing of the past, IMHO. There is no more any performance penalty when going higher, to Hi-Color (65536 colors), or True-Color (16+ millions of colors) modes. And these modes today are supported practically by all the grahics cards. So I think it would be a waste of time to struggle to improve the support for the 256-color mode. What you all think ? 73 Alberto I2PHD