andy@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Andrew Purshottam) (08/29/89)
Anyone know how to get X windows to use all of the surface area of the PC/RT color monitor? Thanks, Andy
drake@sd2.almaden.ibm.com (Sam Drake) (08/31/89)
> Anyone know how to get X windows to use all of the > surface area of the PC/RT color monitor? You don't say which monitor you're using...I assume you are using the Megapel adapter with the IBM 5081 display rather than the 5154 display. The Megapel adapter supports a 1024x1024 display field. The 5081 monitor has square pixels, and is wider than it is tall. So there is some unused glass surface on the 5081 display. There is a card from another vendor, the matrox PG-1281, which can be used in the RT as a replacement for the Megapel card. This card supports 1280x1024. There is an RPQ (non-standard hardware upgrade) that allows the 5081 display to run in 1280x1024 mode, and a PRPQ (non-standard programming support) that allows AIX/RT to drive all of the above. Talk to your IBM marketing folks for details. I am not an official spokesman, nothing I say is correct. :-) Sam Drake / IBM Almaden Research Center
root@johnbob.uucp (/4194303) (08/31/89)
In article <16639@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> andy@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Andrew Purshottam) writes: >Anyone know how to get X windows to use all of the >surface area of the PC/RT color monitor? If you are using a mpel adapter then X can't do anything about it. The megapel adapter doesn't fill the monitor... ..!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ibmaus!auschs!johnbob.austin.ibm.com!root !john John Harvey !johnbob A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance. Please forgive my employers. They know not what I do.
griefer@ibmarc.uucp (Allan D. Griefer) (08/31/89)
In a recent append, andy@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Andrew Purshottam) writes... >Anyone know how to get X windows to use all of the >surface area of the PC/RT color monitor? If you mean the 5081 Display, it's actually capable of 1280x1024, but the Megapel adapter is only set for 1024x1024. You can get a Matrox adapter and an IBM RPQ to drive it at 1280x1024. Opinions are strictly my own, Allan D. Griefer, IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA BITNET: GRIEFER at ALMADEN Internet: griefer@ibm.com UUCP: ...!uunet!ibmarc!griefer