[DuoList] Duo 280c Graphics/Display Granularity

[Ken Gillett]

AFAIR the original Dock would go to 832x624, but the Dock Plus 
increased that to 1024x768, both dependent of course on the attached 
monitor.


On 23 Feb 2005, at 14:50, Art Rice wrote:

> Hey Guys(and Gals)!
> There is one way to get 16bit color with the 280C or 2300C- use it in 
> the DuoDock with an additional 512K VRAM installed, or in the DuoDock 
> Plus. the Plus comes with 1 meg of VRAM and will support 16 bit color, 
> although the manual doesn't say what the resolution is. It does 
> mention that it is compatible with VGA or SVGA (56hz) monitors. There 
> is a long list of Apple color monitors that the DuoDock Plus is 
> compatible with. You can also install a NuBus video card for even 
> better resolutions.
> Art in Silicon Valley
>
> Tom and Lisa P <gionpeters at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >It doesn't have the VRAM to do it. It only has 512Kb of VRAM.
>  >640x480 is 300K pixels. To go to thousands of colors at 640x480 you
>  >need 600K of VRAM. To do 640x400 at thousands of colors you need
>  >just under 512Kb of VRAM so it dis do able.
> >--
> >Clark Martin
> >Redwood City, CA, USA
> >Macintosh / Internet Consulting
>
> Its kind of a shame, in that once you transplant a 65225 video
>  controller in the place of the 65220, it can read 1 meg of VRAM, but
>  there is no good way to get the VRAM onto the board.
>
> Mad Dog
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