Getting VGA [SVGA] Colors in BC++ or C or whatever

[Nico de Vries]

In <860 at ra.MsState.Edu> cee1 at ra.MsState.Edu (The Chuckmeister) writes:

>Ok, here I am getting into graphics using Borland C++ 2.0 and I have
>a question [please no more of these late APril Fools Jokes {C a hoax}]
>Whew!
>
>ANyway
>
>Here is my system configuration
>
>STB EM-16 Card [SVGA up to 1024x16] 
>Seiko SVGA 8514/a monitor
>
>286/12
>
>Ok question: [example]
>
>I want to fill my screen with single lines of color each gettting darker or
>lighter by "one" so its a nice blended shaded screen [640x480x256]
>But how do I go about formualting the colors and using them in a command?
>do i use setpallate() or setrgbpallate() or what, I remeber from QBasic that
>you did colors something like color= 256*green + 16*blue + 8*red or something
>
>any help would be appreciated thanks..
>
>or generally how do I 'make' a color.. thanks
>
>
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You need a special BGI driver supporting your adapter. The BPROGB
forum on CompuServe contains these.