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The Be FAQs
BeOS for Power Mac

Does the BeOS for Power Macintosh support 16- and 24-bit color?

BeOS for Power Mac:
Hardware Requirements

FAQ Number:
FAQ-0293

Last Modified:
2/3/98

Keywords:
BeOS, Power, Mac, Hardware, Requirements, graphics, video, color, 8-bit, 16-bit, 32-bit, thousands, millions

Running on Power Macintosh hardware, the BeOS Preview Release supports 8-bit color (256 colors) and 32-bit color (24 bits of color, 8 of transparency, and called "Millions" in the Mac OS Monitors control panel) but does not support 16-bit color ("Thousands" in the Mac OS Monitors control panel).

The forthcoming BeOS Release 3 adds support for 16-bit color.

What graphics cards does the BeOS for Power Macintosh support?

Is there anything I can do today with 16-bit color video hardware?

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Does the BeOS for Power Macintosh support 16- and 24-bit color?