Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!ficc!karl From: karl@ficc.ferranti.com (Karl Lehenbauer) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Video Cards Message-ID: Date: 23 Aug 90 16:44:48 GMT References: <1742@abvax.UUCP> <4075@hsv3.UUCP> Reply-To: karl@ficc.ferranti.com (Karl Lehenbauer) Organization: Ferranti International Controls Corporation Lines: 12 In article <4075@hsv3.UUCP> jls@headland.UUCP (James Seidman) writes: >I'm afraid that this just isn't true. The VRAM can't do 1024x768x256, >only 1024x768x16. (Not like 256-color drivers do much for you with the >Windows apps that are out today...) An 800x600x256 driver is included, >however. I wondered about this. The InfoWorld article said it could, but it seemed like it would require more memory than the card has, which it turns out that it does. Sigh. My Video-7 VRAM VGA board died last night, BTW. Now we'll see how good support is under the seven year warranty. -- -- uunet!ficc!karl "jackpot: you may have an unnecessary change record" uunet!sugar!karl -- v7 diff