Re: VRAM - a lecture by Mark Benson

At 06:00 +0100 on 27/05/02, Mark Benson wrote: >> > From: the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>> At 21:37 -0500 on 26/05/02, Bill Judson wrote: >>> I wonder why Apple decided to cut the bottom off for PPCs at 8 bits? To simplify the OS? >>> >>> Actually, that started with the PCI P

Re: VRAM - a lecture by Mark Benson

At 06:00 AM 5/27/2002 +0100, you wrote: >I'm wondering then if this is reliant on the System version. The only >PowerMacs currently in my possession are currently running 9.1 and >10.1, neither of which support 16 colours. I think 8.1 doeas on my >840av but is that the OS or the machine? May well

Re: VRAM - a lecture by Mark Benson

> > From: the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> At 21:37 -0500 on 26/05/02, Bill Judson wrote: >> >>> I wonder why Apple decided to cut the bottom off for PPCs at 8 bits? To >>> simplify the OS? >> >> Actually, that started with the PCI Power Macs. > >My Performa 6400 (a PCI Power Mac) was qui

Re: VRAM - a lecture by Mark Benson

> From: the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 21:37 -0500 on 26/05/02, Bill Judson wrote: > >> I wonder why Apple decided to cut the bottom off for PPCs at 8 bits? To >> simplify the OS? > > Actually, that started with the PCI Power Macs. My Performa 6400 (a PCI Power Mac) was quite happy to do

Re: VRAM - a lecture by Mark Benson

At 21:37 -0500 on 26/05/02, Bill Judson wrote: >I wonder why Apple decided to cut the bottom off for PPCs at 8 bits? To >simplify the OS? Actually, that started with the PCI Power Macs. the pickle FAQ Software Archive

Re: VRAM - a lecture by Mark Benson

Actually the PowerPCs (& Quadras) with 1 MB VRAM can indeed do 1152x870 at 8 bits; it's 1280x1024 that you get only when you up it to 2 (on the PowerPPCs) -- according to AppleSpec. Of course, they've been wrong before But your excellent summary of the mathematics of resolution & bit-depth wo

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VRAM - a lecture by Mark Benson

>While this is true of Quadra built-in video, which tops out at 1152x870 >(except for the 630 & the like, which top out at 832x624), I was recently >looking at AppleSpec, & they say that some early PCI PowerMacs (namely the >4400, 7/8200) that can have as little as 1 meg of VRAM can't do 1280x1024