Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax.uwo.ca!les
From: les@uwovax.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: What will give me 256 colours?
Message-ID: <1991Feb13.223435.8598@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 14 Feb 91 03:34:34 GMT
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 I'm confused about what exactly determines the number of colours on a
VGA and higher colour monitor.  That is, is it a function of the monitor,
the video card (256K, 512K, 1024K), or both? Can any VGA (640x480) monitor
display 256 colours?  Can any Ultra VGA (1024x768) monitor with a 512K
(or 1024K?) super VGA card display 256 colours in the 1024x768 mode?

I apologize if this discussion came up before, but I'm new to this group.

Thanks in advance,
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Les Flodrowski                                   CA: les@vaxi.sscl.uwo.CA
Social Science Computing Laboratory          Bitnet: les@uwovax.BITNET
University of Western Ontario                  UUCP: les@julian.UUCP
London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2                     (...!watmath!julian..)