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- From: joker@diku.dk (Morten Christian Holmgreen)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Re: To XGA-2 or not
- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.205453.9028@odin.diku.dk>
- Date: 7 Jan 93 20:54:53 GMT
- References: <31045.1088.uupcb@satalink.com> <1993Jan07.161311.60766@watson.ibm.com>
- Sender: joker@ask.diku.dk
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen
- Lines: 36
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- kaul@vnet.ibm.com writes:
-
- >In <31045.1088.uupcb@satalink.com> bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler) writes:
- >>JM>Just how monitor-dependent is the DMQS file? Do I have to get one
- >>JM>specifically for a Sony CPD1302, or do I just need one for
- >>JM>800x600xhowever-many-colors-it-supports mode? What's _in_ there, anyway?
-
- >Bert's answer is right. Just something "close enough" to the resolution and
- >refresh you want and it should work, provided your syncs and blanking also
- >are within tolerances. If you have a real multisync (and not just multiple
- >fixed frequencies) it's pretty easy to pick something "close enough." Those
- >people with fixed frequency monitors have to be more careful and look at the
- >specs a bit more before customizing.
-
- >>It would sure seem to me that a well-written XGA/XGA-2 driver could
- >>run any old oddball resolution a DMQS entry chooses to describe
- >>(maybe a 1024x1024 resolution on a square monitor?), as long as the
- >>driver picks up all of its resolution-dependent information from
- >>that entry. Then again, maybe that's because I've never had to write
- >>one.
-
- >What would you say to 1360x1024 for a good aspect ratio on a 9517? Kind of
- ---------
-
- How about 1360x1280x16 on an even better monitor ;-)
-
- >oddball, but I think it looks nicer than 1280x1024. Naturally, this isn't
- >an officially supported mode (at least with the 2.0 reference disk -- I'm
-
- Couldn't resist...
-
- Christian
- --
- M. Christian Holmgreen / joker@diku.dk / mochmch@uts.uni-c.dk
- M.Sc. student, University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Computer Science
- "Human errors can only be avoided if one can avoid the use of humans"
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