diff -Nur Frodo.orig/Src/Display_x.i Frodo/Src/Display_x.i
--- Frodo.orig/Src/Display_x.i	Wed Aug  6 20:56:26 1997
+++ Frodo/Src/Display_x.i	Fri Jun 15 13:48:00 2001
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
  *
  *  Frodo (C) 1994-1997 Christian Bauer
  *  X11 stuff by Bernd Schmidt/Lutz Vieweg
+ *  Support for visuals >8 bits by Michael Krause
+ *  Support for visuals >16 bits by qboosh@pld.org.pl
  */
 
 #include "CmdPipe.h"
@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@
 static Visual *vis;
 static XVisualInfo visualInfo;
 static int bitdepth;
-static char *bufmem;
+static char *bufmem, *bufmem8;
+static uint32 trans[1<<12];
 static int hsize;
 
 // For LED error blinking
@@ -382,13 +385,10 @@
 
 	screen = XDefaultScreen(display);
 	rootwin = XRootWindow(display, screen);
-#if 0  
 	if (XMatchVisualInfo(display, screen, 16, TrueColor, &visualInfo)) {
+	} else if (XMatchVisualInfo(display, screen, 32, TrueColor, &visualInfo)) {
 	} else if (XMatchVisualInfo(display, screen, 24, TrueColor, &visualInfo)) {
-	} else 
-#endif
-	if (XMatchVisualInfo(display, screen, 8, PseudoColor, &visualInfo)) {
-		/* for our HP boxes */
+	} else if (XMatchVisualInfo(display, screen, 8, PseudoColor, &visualInfo)) {
 	} else if (XMatchVisualInfo(display, screen, 8, GrayScale, &visualInfo)) {
 	} else {
 		fprintf(stderr, "Can't obtain appropriate X visual\n");
@@ -397,8 +397,8 @@
 
 	vis = visualInfo.visual;
 	bitdepth = visualInfo.depth;
	pixbytes = (bitdepth == 24 || bitdepth == 32 ? 4 : bitdepth == 12 || bitdepth == 16 ? 2 : 1);
-	fprintf(stderr, "Using %d bit visual\n", bitdepth);
+	fprintf(stderr, "Using %d bit visual%s", bitdepth, bitdepth>8 ? " - please use 8 bits for highest performance!\n" : "\n");
 
 	hsize = (DISPLAY_X + 3) & ~3;
 
@@ -419,6 +419,10 @@
 	img = XCreateImage(display, vis, bitdepth, ZPixmap, 0, bufmem, hsize, DISPLAY_Y, 32, 0);
 #endif
 
+	if(bitdepth > 8) {
+	    bufmem8 = (char*)malloc(hsize * DISPLAY_Y);
+	}
+
 	cmap = XCreateColormap(display, rootwin, vis, AllocNone);
 
 	XParseColor(display, cmap, "#000000", &black);
@@ -484,6 +488,32 @@
 {
 	// Update C64 display
 	XSync(display, 0);
+
+	if(bitdepth == 16) {
+	    // Best thing would be to change
+	    // VIC.cpp so it could render directly into 16-bit or 32-bit
+	    // memory instead of into an 8-bit chunky buffer.
+	    uint16 *p = (uint16*)bufmem8, *x = p + hsize*DISPLAY_Y/2;
+	    uint32 *d = (uint32*)bufmem;
+	    while(p < x) {
+		*d++ = trans[*p++ & 0x0fff];
+	    }
+#if 0
+	    // Just a plain version. Might be necessary on non-i386
+	    // machines?
+	    uint8 *p = (uint8*)bufmem8, *x = p + hsize*DISPLAY_Y;
+	    uint16 *d = (uint16*)bufmem;
+	    while(p < x) {
+		*d++ = eight2sixteen[*p++];
+	    }
+#endif
+	} else if(bitdepth >= 24) {
+	    uint8 *p = (uint8*)bufmem8, *x = p + hsize*DISPLAY_Y;
+	    uint32 *d = (uint32*)bufmem;
+	    while(p < x)
+	        *d++ = trans[*p++];
+	}
+
 #if defined(X_USE_SHM)
 	XShmPutImage(display, mywin, black_gc, img, 0, 0, 0, 0, DISPLAY_X, DISPLAY_Y, 0);
 #else
@@ -566,7 +605,7 @@
 
 uint8 *C64Display::BitmapBase(void)
 {
-	return (uint8 *)bufmem;
+	return (uint8*)(bitdepth>8 ? bufmem8 : bufmem);
 }
 
 
@@ -776,14 +815,36 @@
 	int i;
 	XColor col;
 	char str[20];
+	uint32 eight2sixteen[16];
 
 	for (i=0; i< 256; i++) {
+	    if(bitdepth == 16) {
+		colors[i] = i & 0x0f;
+		if(i < 16) {
+		    eight2sixteen[i] = ((uint16(palette_red[i]) << 8) & 0xf800) | ((uint16(palette_green[i]) << 3) & 0x07e0) | (palette_blue[i] >> 3);
+		}
+	    } else if(bitdepth >= 24) {
+	        colors[i] = i & 0x0f;
+		if(i < 16)
+		    eight2sixteen[i] = (uint32(palette_red[i]) << 16) | (uint32(palette_green[i]) << 8) | palette_blue[i];
+	    } else {
 		sprintf(str, "rgb:%x/%x/%x", palette_red[i & 0x0f], palette_green[i & 0x0f], palette_blue[i & 0x0f]);
 		XParseColor(display, cmap, str, &col);
 		if (XAllocColor(display, cmap, &col))
 			colors[i] = col.pixel;
 		else
 			fprintf(stderr, "Couldn't get all colors\n");
+	    }
+	}
+
+	if(bitdepth == 16) {
+	    // Table to translate two 8-bit src -> two 16-bit dest
+	    for(i=0; i<1<<12;i++) {
+	        trans[i] = eight2sixteen[i & 0x0f] | (eight2sixteen[i >> 8] << 16);
+	    }
+	} else if(bitdepth >= 24) {
+	    for(i=0;i<16;i++)
+	        trans[i] = eight2sixteen[i];
 	}
 }