Subject: Re: 512x384 displays
To: None <slumped@thekeyboard.com, port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
From: Jude Giampaolo <jude@smellycat.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 10/08/2000 08:09:05
At 11:48 PM +0000 10/7/00, slumped@thekeyboard.com wrote:
> TM> Essentially, it was a cheap way of fitting an 8-bit
> > display in only 256k of vram.
>
>Worked too =o) Thinking about it though, with 256Kb of
>display memory you could do 640 x 400 in 256 colours. It
>might have added to the cost of the monitor though.
That option was avaliable as well on the LC. You could drive 640x480x16 on
a stock LC, but not with the 12" monitor from Apple. You needed the 13"
model.
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