Why your PC only has sixteen colors
And what is "Bright Black" anyway?
- Track: Retrocomputing devroom
- Room: D.retro
- Day: Sunday
- Start: 13:30
- End: 13:45
- Video with Q&A: D.retro
- Video only: D.retro
- Chat: Join the conversation!
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Your computer only supports 16 text colors, and 8 background colors. Why so few colors? And why is there a "Bright Black"? This fun lightning talk will explain the origins of these 16 colors, and why the colors look the way they do.
Speakers
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Jim Hall |