Workbench 3.1 with 64 colours?

[sim085]

Hi,

I found the following topic while navigating through the images uploaded in this site;

http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2617=1

Here workbench 3.1 is displayed using 64 colours!

Can anyone tell me if this is possible on an A500+ (8Mb FastRAM, 2Mb ChipRAM, 68000 processor)? If yes then how can I do it?

Thanks and Regards,
Sim085

[sim085]

From where do you set the EHB mode on?

Yes, I am afraid it will be too slow for my liking (I already do not like how long NewIcons are taking to load .. around five seconds). However I am willing to give it a go

I guess PNG icons on such a machine would be completly out of question then

[sim085]

mmm ... ok,

To say the truth I was never so keen to have 64 colours on my A500+ I just wanted to have a feeling of it!

However just to confirm; this means that NewIcons can never be seen in their full detail on an A500+ ... since these could be anything up to 64 colour right?

[sim085]

marcfrick2112 wrote:
sim085: Obviously, if you run a 64-color WB, NewIcons will look the best, but NewIcons still look OK with 16 colors, you may want to try the various icon packs on Aminet, etc. iirc, some NewIcons are only 16- or 32-color.
Cheers!

Thanks for that information. I will see what I can find

[sim085]

spirantho wrote:
He never said what resolution he wanted to use...

Using the PAL:Low Res I can go up to 32 colours! However the icons look very big and Workbench becomes nearly unusable.