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- From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto)
- Subject: Re: Quadra 950 with 19" monitor?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.225655.13707@eng.umd.edu>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 92 22:56:55 GMT
- Organization: Project GLUE, University of Maryland, College Park
- References: <1992Dec5.132926.1@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu> <Bz4Cro.587@ipsa.reuter.com>
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- In article <Bz4Cro.587@ipsa.reuter.com> jhs@ipsa.reuter.com (Henri Schueler) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec5.132926.1@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu> hill@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu (John Edward Hill) writes:
- >>Will a Quadra 950's internal video (1 Mb VRAM) run a 19" monitor at
- ^^^
- >>any number of colors? I tried it with a Sigma Designs monitor and
- >>their cable, but the monitor was blank while an Apple 13" worked fine.
- >>
- >>I also have access to a older SuperMac 19" but without a cable. If I
- >>bought a cable, would it work?
- >>
- >>Would adding another 1 Mb VRAM make a difference other than allowing
- >>more colors -- i.e., would it make the difference between seeing
- >>something and seeing nothing?
- >>
- >My understanding is that the Quadra built-in video will support 3 sizes
- > 640x480 = 14"
- > 832x624 = 16"
- > 1152x864 = 21"
- >I assume that by 19" that you want to run in 1024x768 mode, but the quadra's
- >video won't let you do that because Apple does make any 19" monitors...
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- The Quadra 950 adds a 1024 by 768 mode. I believe it supports it up
- to 'thousands'.
-
- But I don't know the sense pin codes for this mode. And I think it
- does need additional VRAM.
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