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- Subject: Re: PB180 video == Quadra 900/950 video?
- Message-ID: <83062@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 04:42:09 GMT
- References: <22784@venera.isi.edu> <1992Nov3.144439.1233@pcnntp.apple.com>
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- In article <1992Nov3.144439.1233@pcnntp.apple.com>
- Dale_Adams@gateway.qm.apple.com (Dale Adams) writes:
- >In article <22784@venera.isi.edu> jas@ISI.EDU (Jeff Sullivan) writes:
- >> Does anyone know if the video circuitry in the PB180 is similar enough
- >> to the Quadra's that things like NEC's DPI-on-the-fly will work with
- >> it? I know the 950 can do 24-bit color with enough VRAM, whereas teh
- >> pb 180 can only do 8-bit color on a 16" monitor, max, but other than
- >> that, will the DPI-on-the-fly and related software work?
- >
- >The video hardware in the Quadras and the new PowerBooks is completely
- >different. To the best of my knowledge, the NEC software is pretty much
- >hard-coded for the Quadras, so I doubt very much that it will work. (I
- >haven't tried this on the PBs, mind you, but I have tried on some other
- >machines with video hardware similar to the Quadras with no luck.)
- >
- >- Dale Adams
-
- Does the DPI-on-the-fly work with non-NEC monitors, too? (Such as
- the E-Machines T16 II.)
-
- The T16 II supports the standard resolutions from 640x480 to 1152x870
- according to a dealer I called, but before I buy one (it is cheaper,
- and from what I've read in MacWorld, comparable to the NEC 5FG) I would
- like to make sure that I can switch resolutions without restarting.
-
- As long as I'm here, I might as well ask whether anyone has a
- recommendation for which I should buy: the NEC 5FG or the
- E-Machines T16 II.
-
- Thanks,
- David
-
-