tackett@ipla01.hac.com (Walter Tackett) (04/04/91)
what does it mean when a vga / super-vga graphics card is referred to as "16/256" and will it allow me to display 256 grey levels (or colors) simultaneously in hi-res (1024 x 7??) mode like the macII can? is there some vga extended standard coming which will allow this? thanks, -walt
newsham@wiliki.eng.hawaii.edu (Timothy Newsham) (04/05/91)
>what does it mean when a vga / super vga graphics card is referred to >as "16/256" It mean 16 bits and 256K RAM (on the video card), which is another way of saying standard VGA. A Super VGA would be 16/512, which is 16 bits and 512K RAM on the card.
jdb@reef.cis.ufl.edu (Brian K. W. Hook) (04/06/91)
In article <12323@uhccux.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> newsham@wiliki.UUCP (Timothy Newsham) writes: |>>what does it mean when a vga / super vga graphics card is referred to |>>as "16/256" |> |>It mean 16 bits and 256K RAM (on the video card), which is another way of |>saying standard VGA. A Super VGA would be 16/512, which is 16 bits and |>512K RAM on the card. This not necessarily true. With most ads, they list stats as: Resolution Colors Memory Required 640x480 16/256 256/512 800x600 16/256 256/512 1024x768 16/256 512/1024 The 16/256 means that that mode will support 16 or 256 colors. Brian