[DuoList] Duo 280c Graphics/Display Granularity

Tom and Lisa P gionpeters at comcast.net
Tue Feb 22 04:09:13 PST 2005


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>
>Check to see what your color depth is.  256 colors can do this if 
>you have a picture up on the display (including a desktop picture). 
>Since you only have 256 colors to display and a picture can use a 
>lot more than 256 colors it has to share some colors making the 
>display grainy.  You can switch to thousands of colors but it will 
>limit the display to 640x400 instead of 640x480.
>
>The 2300c has more video memory so it can display thousands at full 
>resolution.
>--
>Clark Martin
>Redwood City, CA, USA
>Macintosh / Internet Consulting

The 2300c has the same amount of VRAM as the 280c.  I wish it had a 
little more to get 16 bit at 640x480.

Mad Dog


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