To clarify:  I was using Windows 95 in my example and I believe the
original writer was also using Windows 95.  The "Change display type"
button on the Settings tab includes dialogs for changing the video adaptor
and the monitor type in the same window.

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> From: David Gillett <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] only 16 colors with S3 trio 64+
> Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 7:17 PM
>
> On 19 Mar 99, at 14:22, Earl Truss wrote:
>
> > You may need to change the definition of your monitor before you can
> > increase the number of colors.  Right-click on any blank spot on
> > your desktop, select Properties, select the Settings tab, then select
> > "Change display type".  Your exact steps may be different because
> > different video drivers may change the display settings dialogs.
>
>   Just to clarify:  The "display type" is the VIDEO CARD, not the
> monitor.
>   [Under Win98, I do not see "Change display type"; from Settings, I
> have to click the "Advanced" button and then select the "Adapter" tab
> to get to the "Change..." button....  There *is* also a "Change..."
> button on the "Monitor" tab, but "Monochrome VGA" is about the only
> setting there that should affect the available colour depths, and it
> will curtail them rather than improve them.]
>

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