VGA 640x400x256 possible?

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From: UKB8
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 01:08

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Hi everybody!

I'm looking for a way to trick a *standard* VGA-card into a graphic reso-
lution of 640x400x256.
As a standard VGA has at least 256K memory and 640x400 pixels at 8 bit
color resolution use 256000 bytes, this should be possible (using 4 bit
planes as in normal EGA/VGA-modes); as far as I heard by now, the VGA's
clocking scheme doesn't allow it, but I hope you prove that wrong and
come up with an ingenious solution!  :-)
Please answer by mail, if it works, I'll summarize.

TNXIA,
      Kai

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|Kai Rohrbacher, University Karlsruhe/Germany|God is dead!       - Nietzsche |
|E-Mail: S_ROHRBACHER@IRAVCL.IRA.UKA.DE      |Nietzsche is dead! - God       |
|        UKB8@DKAUNI2.BITNET                 |Nietzsche is God!  - Dead      |

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