[DuoList] Duo 280c Graphics/Display Granularity

Clark Martin cmmac at sonic.net
Tue Feb 22 09:13:08 PST 2005


At 7:09 AM -0500 2/22/05, Tom and Lisa P wrote:
>>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.


So it does, I must have been thinking about the 5300.
-- 
Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting

"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"


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