Re: Standard VGA Monitor supports 640x480x256 mode?

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From: Dave Beeman
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 17:02

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In article <1jl70sINNnaf@ector.cs.purdue.edu>, kang@cs.purdue.edu (Byonghoon Kang) writes:
|> I have a Standard VGA Monitor which supoorts
|> standard VGA mode.
|> My question is that if I have a graphics card which
|> supports 640x480x256 mode, can my VGA monitor display it?

The sweep frequencies of a monitor affect the resolutions which can be
displayed, but not the number of colors.  If your graphics card allows it,
you can display 16.7 million colors, as well as 16 or 256 colors.

Dave Beeman - dbeeman@dogstar.colorado.edu

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