Welcome to another installment of "Sick Windows Tricks!"
OS/2 1.0 Boot Screen
I can't be bothered to load it up myself since it has no GUI at all,
but this is the startup screen from Microsoft OS/2 1.0. It looks just like
the Windows 1.x startup! (For more information about OS/2 1.0 see: http://virtuallyfun.superglobalmegacorp.com/?p=593)
.256-Color Win2 Control Panel
Here are some screen shots of Windows 2 running in 256-color mode.
This is made possible by using the Paradise video driver under ykhwong's
DosBox builds.
The Windows 2.x Paradise video card driver is located right here: oldvga.zip
In 256 color mode, the control panel lights up with smooth colors. This Windows 2.x driver treats the display similar to a high color display. But instead of thousands of colors it uses a single global set of 256 generic colors.
Windows 3.x treats 256 color displays as 16 color displays where individual applications can each obtain a custom 256 color pallet to display images.
256-Color Win2 Designer
Any application that draws in color can use the nearest solid color
rather than dithering.
256-Color Win2 Klotz
On Windows 3.x or later with a 16k color or greater display, Klotz
displays a smooth color gradient.
This screen shot shows the gradient reduced to the available 256 color set.
256-Color Win2 Easel
The "Easel" program can also display 256 color GIFs by filtering the
image's pallet to the available colors.
