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Q117821: Mac Cinemania: Demo Runs on Monochrome Monitor and Looks Ugly

Article: Q117821
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): 1994 edition
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Cinemania for the Macintosh 1994 edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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The Cinemania Demo's appearance is significantly less attractive if you run it
on a monochrome system. The demo will run only on color or true monochrome
systems, not on color systems on which the monitor has been set to monochrome
mode.

If you set a color system to black and white and try to run the Demo, the
following message appears:

  This demo requires 256 colors or more.

MORE INFORMATION
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The system requirements list on the Cinemania box and in its readme file
specifies that Cinemania requires a 13-inch or larger monitor running 256 or
more colors to run correctly.

Additional query words: mac 1994 multi media multimedia multi-media display video b&w screen ugly distorted scrammbled poor resolution quality bad yucky

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbHomeProdSearch kbHomeMMsearch kbCineManiaSearch kbCinemania1994Mac
Version           : :1994 edition

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