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From: cmpeters@eos.ncsu.edu (C MAVERICK PETERSEN)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: "The 199 inch monitor from hell!"
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Date: 1 Nov 90 17:24:01 GMT
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In article <2312.272EAECB@blkcat.fidonet.org>,
Nelson.Steele@f421.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Nelson Steele) writes:
> Can anyone tell me about the slot on the IIsi?  Will the arbitrary 
> 24-bit color card (to drive a 199" monitor) go in the slot as shipped?


199"?  Now THAT'S a MONITOR!

Man, if I could have a monitor that was 14+ feet by 8+ feet, I wouldn't
need a bedroom anymore.  Hell, I might not even need a house...

Hmmmm.  I wonder how much memory it'd take?  Well, lessee here...


	Well, a 9" screen has 512x342=175104 pixels; and making a rough
	estimate, we'll say there's a linear relationship between pixel
	area and screen area (there's usually not)...then the 199"
	monitor from hell will have ~85608562 pixels (wow!).

	Continuing:

	24bits/pixel[color]+8bits/pixel[alphabyte] = 32 bits/pixel

	Mem = 85608562*4/1024 = ~335Mb just for video!

	Assuming you could still get 1M simms from The Chip Merchant for
	$39, the cost would be $13065 for the memory alone--not to
	mention the second mortgage you've already taken out on your
	house to buy the MONITOR!


Just my 0.0001530807501% (of the memory cost) worth.

C. Maverick Petersen
mav@eceugs.ncsu.edu
cmpeters@eos.ncsu.edu
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