Subject: Re: bwtwo at 1600 x 1200
To: Dan <dp@recycled.net>
From: Jonathan O'Brien <obrien@hulk.sfsu.edu>
List: port-sparc
Date: 11/27/1999 22:29:34
The MG1 ECL (501-1419, 501-8043) did 1600 x 1280. The MG2 did only
1152 x 900.
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Dan wrote:
> 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
> >
> > mouse@rodents.montreal.qc.ca
> > 7D C8 61 52 5D E7 2D 39 4E F1 31 3E E8 B3 27 4B
> >
>
>
Jon