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I think i am going to use mode 13h VGA graphics. But I have a few unanswered questions about it.

1) What does it mean by there are 4 planes, what are those planes, and why do they exist?
2) For an operating system, would the computer be turned into mode 13h during the bootloader process?, and should I switch to 32bit protected mode before I go into 13h for graphics.
3) Can I change the resolution to whatever I want in 13h?
4) Can I use more than a 256 color palette since we now have computers more than 8 bits like a 32 bit cpu. Does VGA support graphics with 32 bits so I can have many different colours in my palette.

5) Do you recomend using VGA or is there a much better and more effecient way to do graphics now.

Thanks in advance for any help.

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lol found those after I posted, but thanks. But still do u have any other method that u recomend more for graphics?

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