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David M Tyler <dmt@mole.bio.cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> Rebecca and Rowland (real-address-in-sig@rhu.barb.foobar) wrote:
> 
> [snip catalogue of lies and fabrications]
> 
> : can use System 6.0.8.  Unreliable is the best way of describing Apple
> : data sheets; I find the best way of dealing with this is to get 2 or 3
> : different original sources of data and only believe them if they all
> : agree.
> 
> Similarly, I keep seeing data sheets that tell me the integral monitor on
> my Performa 5260 is capable of a better resolution than 640 x 480 in 256
> colour mode - 800-and-something x whatever, but I can't make it do that.

I take it you've got more than 512KB of VRAM?
 
> I've assumed that the data sheets pertain to a US-only educational model
> or something, but I find it hard to find out what I've got as it's
> considerably higher-spec than what I ordered and I don't want to tell the
> vendor :) 

Ah yes...  I've been lucky that way too.

Rowland.

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