[comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware] 16 / 256

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.

tmurphy%peruvian.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Thomas Murphy) (04/06/91)

In article <14215@hacgate.UUCP> tackett@ipla01.hac.com (Walter Tackett) writes:
>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