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- From: bliever@frith.egr.msu.edu (Eric Blievernicht)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Mac LC 512k VRAM
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.045317.20997@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 04:53:17 GMT
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- Mark.J..Sisson@p842.f70.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Mark J. Sisson) writes:
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- >
- > AM> Sorry about not placing this with the previous posting, but could
- > AM> someone please tell me if getting the 512k Vram is worth it? (I have
- > AM> the 256k VRAM)
- > It WELL worth it. For $150 dollars or so, you get what appears on screen(at
- >least the 12" one)something very comparable to 24 bit color-it's 16 bit color on
- >the 12" monitor-32,000+ colors. As the monitor gets larger, the number of colors
- >goes down. I believe on the 13", you need 512K VRAM to have 256 colors. Hope
- >this helps. Mark S
-
- $150??? I bought my 512K VRAM for $69 and that was last August! You should be
- able to find a mail order place selling for under $70 now pretty easily. Not
- only that, but you can sell the 256K VRAM you take out for about $25 to a
- Quadra owner so they can upgrade their own video.
-
- I agree about the worth of it though. 16-bit color is GREAT, and if you have
- a 13" or larger monitor (or 12" mono) you really should have 8-bit to enjoy
- your mac. Question though: Does anyone know if you can plug a 16" monitor,
- such as the Apple one, into an LC or LC II with 512K VRAM? What will you
- get?
-
- .
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