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Article #8620Re: Compaq/IBM VGA display compatibility
From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1990 06:34
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1990 06:34
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dab@briar.philips.com (David Bryan;6247;3.25;$0201) writes: >I have a Compaq 386/33 MHz machine with something called a Compaq Video >Graphics Monitor, which is definitely some kind of VGA. The main >application program that I run calls for me to specify whether my display >is an "IBM VGA mode 12 color display" or an "IBM VGA mode 13 color display". The "IBM VGA mode 12 color display" and "IBM VGA mode 13 color display" aren't different types of monitors. They are different *display modes* Mode 12 is 640 x 480 x 16 colors Mode 13 is 320 x 200 x 256 colors In short, the program is asking (badly!) what *resolution* you want it to use on the display!! *ANY* color VGA monitor can display either. -- Leonard Erickson ...!tektronix!reed!percival!bucket!leonard CIS: [70465,203] "I'm all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let's start with typewriters." -- Solomon Short
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!psueea!parsely!bucket!leonard From: leonard@bucket.UUCP (Leonard Erickson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Compaq/IBM VGA display compatibility Keywords: compaq, VGA, display Message-ID: <1915@bucket.UUCP> Date: 14 Jan 90 06:34:23 GMT References: <73211@philabs.Philips.Com> Organization: Rick's Home-Grown UNIX; Portland, OR. Lines: 21