> Grayscale is probably enough for the moment. You could do a simple > palette replacement algorithm instead of a real color conversion, > though -- dunno if that would look better, though. > If we just do a simple conversion like this, I would actually prefer > to > do it "live" in the boot loader, though; at least it should consume > less space, and should still be pretty much instant. How about rasterized palette changes ? :D > > The Run Length Encoding routines in both the bootloader and > > generate_boot_screen are contained in seperate 24 and 8 bit > > functions, > > rather than one function with a parameter denoting depth, as I want > > to > > add VGA 640x480x4 video mode support and (possibly) 4 bit RLE > > before > > simplifying > > the code. I'll need Atari IBP8 (Interleaved BitPlanes) support too :D François.