HELP: Monitor resolution

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From: Thanh - Vincent
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 05:53

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i have a hewlett packard video graphics color display but i no longer have
the manuals to figure out how many ??.mm per dot or what is the highest
resolution that this monitor can handle.  i read somewhere that you can
damage the monitor if you force it into a resolution that it cannot
handle.  since i have a 256k vga card now, the highest resolution that i
can get is 640x400x256.  if i force it to something higher, i get a blank
or one color screen.  

my question is there a way for me to figure out how much resolution this
monitor can handle?  is there a program to do that?  instead of taking the
risk of trashing my monitor by forcing it into 1024x735x256 when i buy a
new 1mb vga card.  oh, and what's the deal with those .24mm dot or .31mm
dot mean anyway?

thanks for you help
vince
topcat@u.washington.edu

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