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Article #3429Re: XGA video standard
From: Michael Almond
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 1990 13:31
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 1990 13:31
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In article <2270@cod.NOSC.MIL> bmarsh@cod.nosc.mil.UUCP (William C. Marsh) writes: >In article <1990Sep22.023059.13976@amd.com> phil@brahms.amd.com (Phil Ngai) writes: >>|RAM configuration, how many colors it supports on-screen at 1024 >> >>According to PC Week, 32,000 colors. They also said it's 16-bit >>color. I don't really understand this. > >I don't know about the XGA directly, the Targa-16 uses a 16 bit pixel, with >5 bits for red, green, and blue (and one extra bit, Targa uses for overlay). >(15 bits = 32768 colors, but then you probably already knew that! ;-) I'm >sure they are doing something similar. > I also saw the article in PC Week. Does anyone know if/when any manufactures will have boards/monitors available? (I'm in the process of putting a PC together and was going to by a NEC 4D). --- Michael R. Almond mra@srchtec.uucp (registered) search technology, inc. gatech.edu!stiatl!srchtec!mra Atlanta, Georgia (404) 441-1457 (office)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!emory!stiatl!srchtec!mra From: mra@srchtec.UUCP (Michael Almond) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: XGA video standard Keywords: XGA Video Message-ID: <228@srchtec.UUCP> Date: 25 Sep 90 13:31:41 GMT References: <3015@aecom.yu.edu> <1990Sep22.023059.13976@amd.com> <2270@cod.NOSC.MIL> Distribution: na Organization: search technology, inc. Lines: 27