[Info-vax] Monitor colors go strange

[Tom Adams]

On Sep 24, 11:59 am, moro... at world.std.spaamtrap.com (Michael Moroney)
wrote:
> tadamsmar <tadams... at yahoo.com> writes:
> >Sometimes, when you open an new decterm on the console, the colors on
> >all windows change.  We have one now where the colors turn orange and
> >black.
>
> What kind of system?  An old Microvax?
>
> I remember with the first color graphics cards for the Microvax II, it
> came as either 2 or 3 boards connected with a jumper.  One board was the
> graphics engine, the other(s) were graphics memory.  With one memory board
> it could display only 16 colors (4 planes) at once, with two it could
> display 256 colors (8 planes) at once (wow!).  If you tried to display
> more than those colors, it would "steal" colors from non-focused windows,
> and they'd often turn into strange colors from elsewhere in the display.
>
> To reduce this problem: Reduce color usage.  The window manager often uses
> several colors, highlighted colors or shadow colors.  

It's a DS10 600