Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!world!goodearl
From: goodearl@world.std.com (Robert Goodearl)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Different modes on 8514a
Message-ID: <1990Oct25.192903.18323@world.std.com>
Date: 25 Oct 90 19:29:03 GMT
References: <1990Oct16.124830.29051@stretch.cs.mun.ca> <3552@idunno.Princeton.EDU> <3488.2726b566@cc.helsinki.fi>
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In article <3488.2726b566@cc.helsinki.fi> tmottonen@cc.helsinki.fi writes:
>In article <3552@idunno.Princeton.EDU>, news@idunno.Princeton.EDU (USENET News System) writes:
>..
>> it possible to have windows run under SVGA modes like 640x400x256 or 
>> 800x600x256 with my setup?
>
>    Well, I THINK it's possible to run the 8514/A-adapter in
>    640*480 resolution with 256 colors. And for that you
>    shouldn't even need a 8514 compatible monitor, just a normal
>    VGA.

Has anyone done this?  Do you know how much memory must be installed on the
8514a to be able to do this?  And most importantly, is there a driver that
supports this?

-- 
Bob Goodearl -- goodearl@world.std.com