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 CH> 5 years ago, yes. Today, no. If you're still programmming for 8 and 
 CH> 16-bit ISA
 CH> bus cards, probably still yes, even. But reality is that modern, fast, 
 CH> local
 CH> bus video cards are much faster in 256 colour modes than 16-color modes.
 CH> Even the most highly optimized 16-colour code still involves much more 
 CH> CPU time
 CH> than 256 colour mode, I/O instructions (notoriously slow, esp. in V86 
probably a much better reply than Jerry's. thanks alot.
matju
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