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From: rapp@lmr.mv.com (L. M. Rappaport)
Subject: Re: Having problems with WindowBuilder
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Eric Clayberg <72254.2515@CompuServe.COM> wrote:

>Larry,

>> WB tech support told me (not in the Windows Installation Guide) 
>> that WB Prot doesn't support more than 256 colors

>Just a minor point of clarification here. The problem with
>supporting >256 colors is a base image problem, *not* a WBPro
>problem. It also depends greatly on which version of Smalltalk/V
>you are using. Later versions have much better support for >256
>colors. There are also some user contributions in Digitalk's
>Compuserve forum libraries that can improve color support on
>older versions of Smalltalk/V.

Thanks, Eric.  I just bought ST/V a few weeks ago.  It shows as
release 2.  When you say later versions, I assume you mean v3 (Visual
Smalltalk), right?  I.e., not v2.

Larry
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