From: Andy Beals (bandy_at_cinnamon.com)
Date: Wed Jul 12 2000 - 13:44:34 EDT
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 14:07:41 -0700, "Paul Khoury" <pkhoury_at_loop.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jun 2000 10:56:17 EDT, Bmwm61_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> >How can I configure my 730T to run games that require a color monitor? Some
> >work without a problem, e.g. Chessmaster 4000, but others refuse to load and
> >I don't know what the difference is.
>
> Jim - you need to set this in the BIOS.
> There is an option in Easy Setup to have it act as if it's using a color or
> mono monitor.
>
> To enter setup, upon powering up, touch the stylus on the suspend button,
> and keep the power button depressed until you see the IBM copyright notice.
There's also the issue of color depth. Some games will play ONLY in 256-color mode. You can set your lcd to this, but I think it's faked in the driver. It does, however, seem as if the external display has an 8-bit depth when you do this.
andy
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