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From: rdw89@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Williams RD)
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Subject: Re: Mac LC
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Date: 18 Jan 91 09:53:11 GMT
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In <1991Jan16.185440.3342@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu> gaynor@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Jim Gaynor) writes:

>correction to one answer).  Here's info straight from the Apple Spec
>sheets on the Macintosh LC:


>       Monitor                 Macintosh LC    LC w/ opt. 512k VRAM

>- Macintosh 12" RGB            8-bit color     16-bit color*
>  (512x384 at 64 dpi)          (256 colors)    (32,768 colors)

>- Macintosh 12" Mono           4-bit color     8-bit color
>  (640x480 at 76 dpi)          (16 colors)     (256 colors)

>- Macintosh 13" RGB            4-bit color     8-bit color
>  (640x480 at 72 dpi)          (16 colors)     (256 colors)


This is similar to what it says in the IISi spec sheets.  Apart from the fact
(obvious :-) that the Monochrome 12" won't produce any-bit 'colour', the
implication is that the 12" mono screen has the same pixel count as the 13"
AND can support 256 grey scales.  This is something I really have to know for
certain, since I am considering buying the Si, and would go for the 12" mono
monitor if it offered 256 greys (after all it is extremely cheap, and I'm not
really interested in colour).
Can anyone be definitive about this?
What's the supply situation of 12" mono monitors like at present?