Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!mailrus!uflorida!ukma!rutgers!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58+ From: jc58+@andrew.cmu.edu (Johnny J. Chin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: VGA questions Message-ID: Date: 27 Jan 89 12:51:13 GMT Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA Lines: 24 David: According to what I know, VGA's support 50 lines of text. I'm not sure about the 60 lines (haven't heard of it before now). Anyway, I can tell you that at 50 lines, the text is very small and may seem hard to read. As for the 560 scan lines, you're correct. If you have a card that goes to 800 x 600 mode, there will be 40 lines thrown away. In order to use that card effectively you must get a higher resolution monitor. If I remember correctly, Sony and Nec, both have higher resolution monitors. And I think that the Nec Multisync II has about 640 lines of resolution (vertical) and not the 560 that you mentioned (I may be very wrong though.) I hope this helps. -- J. Chin (a.k.a. Computer Dr.) xxxxxxxxxx xxx xxx xx ------------------ Carnegie Mellon University ------------------ xxx xxx xx 4730 Centre Ave. #412 ARPAnet: Johnny.J.Chin@andrew.cmu.edu xxxxxxxxxxxx Pittsburgh, PA 15213 BITnet: jc58@andrew.BITNET x xxxxxxxx x (412) 268-8936 UUCP: ...!harvard!andrew.cmu.edu!jc58 xx xx ---------------------------------------------------------------- xxxxxxxxxx Smile! -- Mr. HappyWOWface -- (got this from the network) Disclaimer: The views expressed herein are STRICTLY my own, and not CMU's.