🚀 go-pugleaf

On Thu, 26 Oct 1995 14:19:34 +0000, Ian Wilson
<ian@wilsoni.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>In article: <814568915.17282@berks.demon.co.uk>
>Richard@berks.demon.co.uk (Richard Williams) writes:
>>
>> Does anyone know where I can get a 256 colour 640 x 480 driver for an
>> IBM ps/2 model 55 with a standard vga monitor ?  I would like to be
>> able to display GIF & JPG files with something approaching tolerable
>> quality.
>>
>The standard PS/2 VGA card will only show 16 colours. To increase
>this to 256 colours you need extra hardware. I went down this path
>recently and purchased an 8514/A card with 1MB video memory which
>will do what you want using the standard Windows 8514/A driver.
>

I'm a bit clueless on technical matters....  It seems rather odd that
the VGA screen on the ps/2 can display 256 colours (I sometimes use
the VGA monitor as an auxiliary monitor for my Toshiba t4400 laptop
using a Toshiba supplied 256 colour 640 x 480 driver) and yet there is
no way in which the ps/2 can drive the screen in this way.

I have no interest in spending money on the old ps/2 so I guess this
means it can't be used for the purpose I had intended.

Quel dommage...

Any other suggestions ?

RW.