steve@endgame.gsfc.nasa.gov (Steve Rezsutek) (04/05/91)
I'm trying to come up with my own version of a `UNIX'(TM) [well, I actually plan to run Mach ;-)] laptop/briefcase system but I can't seem to locate a suitable display. I concider `suitable' to be oh, say, 800x600. [I'd like to use it as an X terminal over a slip link to work]. While doing some ``market research'', I've noticed that nearly all of the VGA type plasma displays use 4 ``dots'' on the panel per pixel of display. My question is: Can I, through a bit of software [&/| hardware] tom-hackery, access each of these `dots' individualy, effectively creating a somewhat small & dim 1280x960 display?? In the ideal case, this would be reversable, so that I could use the console as a `standard' VGA for text and have the X server flip the right bits and go into the hires 'mode'. Alterntely, is there a source for a display panel (plasma preferred, but I'll live w/ LCD] in the 800x600 range? Even 768x576 would do. Reply by email, or post as you see fit. I'll summarize the mail I get and post a follow-up. Thanks in advance. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ steve@asylum.gsfc.nasa.gov