> If I am not mistaken, der Mouse uses 8 bit graphics on a SS20 running > NetBSD.
Close. You're conflating different systems. There are three systems I regularly use. All are running NetBSD. One is an SS20, which has a cgfourteen in it (8/8/8 DirectColor, in X terms); the others are LXes, which have cgsixes (8bpp PseudoColor, in X terms). The principal system I expect to be using PCB on is the SS20, but I have done enough X on weird and wonderful hardware (I did the first X port to NeXT "black" 2bpp grayscale hardware, for example) to know how to avoid making assumptions like "all the world is 5/6/5 TrueColor". (That's not to say I never make such assumptions. Just that, when I do, I do so deliberately, with full awareness that I'm doing so.) > And personally, I applaud him for doing that. I wish I had the > patience to do that. Although I'd have a very hard time giving up > true color. For something like PCB, 8bpp PseudoColor is quite good enough. And I really don't do much that requires high - or even moderate - colour fidelity; people have glanced at my screen and asked whether it even supports colour, I use colours other than black and white so little. /~\ The ASCII der Mouse \ / Ribbon Campaign X Against HTML [EMAIL PROTECTED] / \ Email! 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user