On Sep 15, 2011, at 7:17 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > I dunno why Apple had the weird 832x624 resolution. Could be a desire to keep > a 72dpi image or possibly to thumb a nose at the PC world's 800x600 > resolution. 39,168 more pixels, ha!
I would think two-fold. First, as you mentioned, keeping the 72dpi "standard" which Apple used, and second more fully utilizing the video memory. 800 x 600 x 8bits requires 480,000 Bytes of video memory. 832 x 624 x 8bits requires 519,168 Bytes of video memory. A 512 KB (524,288 Bytes) video card would only be 92% utilized in 800x600, while it would be 99% utilized at 832x624. Frankly, the 800x600 resolution is rather silly from an engineering perspective since there is a reasonable amount of wasted video memory. Derek -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
