on 11/11/00 10:24, BC M at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "What we have here is a failure to communicate." --
> Strother Martin to Paul Newman in _Cool Hand Luke_
>
> Ass stated by a previousposter, color Duos can only do
> thousands of colors on a 640x400 screen because of its
> limited VRAM. Under recent versions of th Mac OS, when
> you select thousands of colors, the active screen size
> is automatically reduced from 640x480, similar to 15"
> LCD monitor that doesn't perform scaling showing a
> 800x600 patch with black borders.
>
> Why it still says "640x480" in the control panel and
> control strip is the mystery; maybe Apple programmers
> are just stupid sometimes, maybe Steve Jobs thinks
> this is logical.
>
> In earlier versions of the Mac OS it worked
> differently. Like a multiscan display, 640x480 and
> 640x400 were shown as resolution choices. If 640x480
> was highlighted, only bit depths up to 256
> grays/colors was shown. If 640x400 was highlighted,
> thousands of colors became an available
> bit depth. If you were in 640x400 with thousands of
> colors and switched to 640x480, the bit depth
> automatically dropped to 256 colors. If you were in
> 640x480 at any bit depth and switched to 640x400, the
> bit depth didn't change. If you wanted thousands of
> colors you had to use the control panel or control
> strip to select it.
>
> The newer behavior is arguably more convenient, but
> more confusing.
>
> BC
>
> --- Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Well, I think I have not made myself clear enough:
>> when I select thousands
>> of colors, the resolution still says "640 X 480" in
>> the 'Monitor & Sound'
>> control panels. If I switch to 256 colors, the only
>> resolution available is
>> still "640 X 480". However, when in thousands of
>> colors, it is clear that
>> this resolution is lower than 640 X 480. I was
>> wondering if someone already
>> noticed that. This is on a 2300c running 8.5.1.
>>
>> -Laurent.
>
Yep, a bit confusing...
-Laurent.
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