>>Here's a question... If I upgraded my 5300cs to 1MB of VRAM (instead >>of the 512KB), would it give 16-bit color on a cs display? Would the >>passive display work in that many colors? >> >>Do the 1400cs displays work in thousands of colors or are they 8bit >>(256 colors) only? >> >>Peace, >>Drew > >IIRC, the 1400 passive screen does thousands. If the LCD for the >5300cs screen can do thousands, then adding VRAM should allow you to >use that mode. The video controller is probably the same on all 5300 >models. Actually, the 512K 5300c does do '000s of colours in any case - only at 640x400.
IIRC, passive (not active) screens also only do about 4,000 colours or so. At least, the ones of this vintage do. I had a Stinkpad of similar vintage and recall IBM had to do a retraction in their ads, because their passive screens didn't actually deliver true 16-bit colour. So, you don't actually have to upgrade the VRAM - and it would require rather sophisticated surface-level mounting skills, assuming you could even come by the VRAM chips (and extreme caution with heat). Given the relative cheapness of the 5300c and 5300ce (IIRC, Charles Moore's column at LEM recently mentioned 5300ces at, what, $99 was it? Bargain. Cheers, RD Remy Davison Contributing Editor/News Editor, Insanely-Great Mac <http://www.insanely-great.com> mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RD's PowerBook page: <http://www.macpowerbook.com> -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
