Subject: Re: bwtwo at 1600 x 1200
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Dan <dp@recycled.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/27/1999 22:10:39
Get your mitts on a field engineer handbook, they have the possible
resolutions listed for every part number of video card. I no longer have a
FEH set, if I did I'd try to compile a list...
-dp
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, der Mouse wrote:
> >> I've got a bwtwo that supports 1600x1280,
> > Can all bwtwos do this?
>
> I'm not sure, but I think the answer is "no". This one has a jumper
> that switches it between 1600x1280 and 1152x900, and it has the old
> Sun-3-compatible "DB-9" connector rather than the more modern 13W3
> sort. I think I've seen 13W3 bwtwos that have no jumpers at all and
> hence probably can't change resolutions.
>
> It also takes nearly twice as much video RAM (1152*900=1036800, vs
> 1600*1280=2048000), so the cheaper ones probably don't have enough bits
> to do it.
>
> der Mouse
>
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