Path: utzoo!utgpu!cunews!cognos!alzabo!tris
From: tris@alzabo.uucp (Tris Orendorff)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: VGA colors, etc.
Message-ID: <1990Dec7.001054.14906@alzabo.uucp>
Date: 7 Dec 90 00:10:54 GMT
References: <6109@crash.cts.com>
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bill@pro-gateway.cts.com (Bill Long, SysOp) writes:

>I'm an Apple II user and don't keep up with the IBM world to much, and I have
>a question for you IBM people.

>With VGA, how many colors are available, and how many can be on-screen at one
>time?

Normal VGA resolutions are: (width x height x number of colors)
VGA: 640 x 480 x 2
VGA: 640 x 480 x 16
VGA: 320 x 200 x 256

VGA is also capable of emulating the older video standards:
CGA: 640 x 200 x 2
CGA: 320 x 200 x 4

EGA: 640 x 350 x 2
EGA: 640 x 350 x 4
EGA: 640 x 350 x 16

Also, most VGA cards can do higher res screens:
EVGA: 800 x 600 x 16
EVGA: 640 x 400 x 256
EVGA: 640 x 480 x 256
EVGA: 800 x 600 x 256
EVGA: 1024 x 768 x 16

The 256 color screens choose from a 256000 color palette. 


-- 
				Sincerely Yours
				Tris Orendorff
				tris@alzabo.uucp
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