[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Can you connect a VGA monochrome mo

mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (11/24/89)

>VGA color monitors have only three
>colors (red, blue, and green), but each color can be at 2**6 = 64
>levels of intensity, for a palette that can choose between (2**6)**3 =
>256K colors.  I think VGA "monochrome" (really gray scale) monitors can
>display 2**6 shades of gray.  

That is not correct. VGA **CARDS** generate that many levels, 
but VGA **MONITORS** can display more - in fact, a continous analog
signal, far more than 64 levels.

Doug McDonald