Subject: PMAGB-BA and `foreign' monitor rates
To: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.oscs.montana.edu>
From: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
List: port-pmax
Date: 02/22/1998 03:08:03
I wrote:

>See the table in Joel McCormack's WRL techreport on the SFB.
>If memory serves, Simon Burge emailed the table in November last year.

Actually, it was Dave Burren. Here's a repost of the table in
the SFB tech report WRL-TR-93-1.ps.

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>From: David Burren <davidb@convergent.com.au>
>Message-Id: <199712010108.MAA20359@dinah.melb.convergent.com.au>

[snip]

>Hmmm, I've just found a card with a 74.397 MHz crystal on it.  Hadn't
>noticed that before...  Here's the list from the Digital paper:
>
>        Typical usage   Resolution      Refresh         Dot clock
>        VGA             640x480         60              25.18
>        VGA             640x480         72              32.00
>        SVGA            800x600         56              36.00
>        SVGA            800x600         72              50.35
>        1K VGA, ACE     1024x768        60              65.00
>        1K VGA, ACE     1024x768        66              66.00
>        1K VGA, ACE     1024x768        72              72.80
>        1K VGA, ACE     1024x768        72              74.37
>        Digital         1024x864        60              69.20
>        Sun             1152x900        66              92.98
>        Sun             1152x900        72              104.00
>        Digital         1280x1024       66              119.84
>        Digital         1280x1024       72              130.81
>        Digital internal 1600x1200      76              219.00
>
>Getting hold of some oscillators at appropriate speeds and experimenting
>to find out which ones work with the PMAGB-B could be an interesting task.
>
>I don't have time to do this, but if anyone wants to take it on I will
>offer one PMAGB-B card as a reserve (just in case you're nervous about
>blowing up your only PMAGB-B...).